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ANCHORAGE AWAY Western men's basketball keeps playoffs in its picture Sports, Page 8 FOR PHYSIQUE SAKE Restaurants should serve healthier meals to children. Opinions, Page 10 THE RETURN OF THE CHRIST "The Passion" incites emotional reactions Accent, Page 7 Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington ISSUE 15 VOLUME 128 The Western Front FRIDAY MARCH 5, 2004 Unionized faculty advises Western Student forum tackles censorship, USA Patriot Act Ben Amold/The Westerri'Frbrit Barbara. Bowen, professor of English at City University of New York, fields questions from Western's faculty Thursday afternoon concerning the possibility of a faculty union. Huxley dean assumes lead of U.N. group By Kelseyanne Johnson The Western Front An international council named Huxley College of the Environment Dean Bradley Smith the president of the largest environmental organization in the world Monday. Smith will now lead the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which advises the United Nations on environmental policy. The union focuses on biological and ecological conservation efforts, Huxley associate professor John McLaughlin said. The union is trying to recruit more universities to form a network of students and conservation experts to share and access information, said. Keith Wheeler, director of the Conservation Learning Network for the union. At the end of March, Smith will travel to China to meet with deans about the union, Wheeler said. "When you sit down at a table with 10 different cultures, 10 different nationalities and 10 different perspectives and come to common grounds, it's a rush," Smith said. SEE Dean, PAGE 4 By Rob Morrell The Western Front . The United Faculty of Western Washington assembled a panel of professors and union leaders from throughout the nation who participated in a public forum addressing Western's ongoing faculty unionization process Thursday in the Viking Union. "These people are experts in " successful union activities from across the nation," said Steven Garfinkle, a member of the organizing committee" and Western history professor. "The question has been, 'Could we provide evidence of successful union activities?' That is what this panel is for." University representatives across the country , .from Temple i-University '; in -Philadelphia to California State University, attended the forum. They began by addressing the potential relationship between a union and the existing Faculty Senate. Garfinkle said the senate's lim- •• itedr strength facilitated the creation of a union with the power to collectively bargain a contract. A union would have the power of a unified faculty behind it, he said, in turn forcing the administration to respect professors' interests. "The faculty senate is only advisory," he said. "A union gives the faculty the ability to hold the university's feet to the fire." John Travis, a political science professor at Humboldt State University and president of the California Faculty Association, said it was important for unions to work closely with the senate. "There is.no fast, hard line dividing the responsibility of the academic senate and the union," Travis _said. "It's important to establish a working relationship with the academic senate because there's nothing that management and aciministrators like more than to play us against each other." Travis said the senate and union worked together on issues such as curriculum and workload decisions at his university. Barbara Bowen, president of the Professional Staff Congress and English professor at City University of New York, spoke about the potential accountability SEE Union PAGE 4 By Sarah Getchman The Western Front While many Western students believe the government should not be allowed to infringe on academic freedoms, others feel that a certain amount of censorship is necessary to maintain a community where no person feels unsafe, intimidated or offended. The Western Diversity Task Force brought students together in a civil debate forum Tuesday night to discuss how censorship and the USA Patriot Act affect the Western community. "(Students are) afraid of what could happen to their civil liberties/^ said Rachel Zommick, Associated Students vice president of legislative and community affairs. Zommick and Western senior Andrew Hu, a member, of the Western debate team, expressed alternate opinions and perspectives. Government censorship at Western "There are certain instances where something is offensive enough that it ought to be censored in the interest of the students," Hu said. This was the case when several students complained about a display at Western's annual Vagina Carnival that showed a woman's bare breast, Hu said. The university requested that the objectionable, material be removed or censored, he said. Event staff removed the display and the university planned to impose new guidelines for next year's Vagina Carnival. Students think of Western as a school that promotes intellectual and creative freedoms, Zommick said. Intalco donates thousands, assists regional businesses "Once you start restricting, it becomes the mentality," Zommick said. "The AS doesn't want to deter clubs and organizations from bringing up controversial issues or events." If the government chooses to censor materials at Western, it should do so in relation to the time, place and manner of the specific material, not the content, Hu said. The university must use these practical implementations of censorship to retain its reputation and support, he said. This past year, university officials asked faculty members to remove "No Iraq War" signs from their office windows, Hu said. The request was legitimate because Western employees work for the government on public property, which they should not use to express personal political views, he said. SEE Censorship, PAGE 4 By Amanda Woolley The Western Front The businesses of Sumas will receive an extra boost this year, thanks to Alcoa Intalco Works in Ferndale, which donated to Western Washington's Small Business Development Center. Intalco donated approximately $9,400 to the city of Sumas on Tuesday. The donation comes from Intalco's Business and Community Partnership Program, which gives part of the revenues back to the communities where Intalco and Bonneville Power Administration employees live. This is the second and final year of the program. Intalco donated approximately $1.75 million this year and in 2002 to the program, Intalco public relations spokeswoman Ricki Thompson said. "It was great for the allocation because of the five years of work we have been doing with the city of Sumas/' Center Director Tom Dorr said. "We are thankful for the recognition from the City Council for the strong partnership we have created." The center provides businesses SEE Sumas, PAGE 4 Amanda Woolley/The Western Front Western's Small Business Development Center received $7,500 from Inalco on Tuesday, amove that cemented local business partnerships, says Tom Dorr, director of the center. For news tips, call (360) 650-3162 or e-mail The Western Front at Sewesternfronteditor@yahoo.corn www.westernfrontonline.com Please recycle
Object Description
Rating | |
Title | Western Front - 2004 March 5 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 128, no. 15 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 2004-03-05 |
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 Eric Berto, news editor Paul Nicholas Carlson 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 : Jessica Alvarado Aaron Apple Heather Belcher Charlotte Chandler Wolfgang Deerkop Melena Eaton Lee Fehrenbacher Lauren Fior Zoe Fraley Sarah Getchman Krissy Gochnour Shanna Green Tyler Hicks Matt Hietala Kelseyanne Johnson Kaitlin King Cailin Long Lauren Miller Rob Morrell Porfirio Pena Katie Scaief Bryan Sharick Chris Taylor Kyle Turrell Caitlin Unsell Gil Ventura Jelena Washington Amanda Woolley |
Photographer |
Ben Arnold Amanda Woolley Zoe Fraley Lee Fehrenbacher |
Faculty Advisor | Lyle Harris |
Article Titles | Unionized faculty advises Western / by Rob Morrell (p.1) -- Huxley dean assumes lead of U.N. Group / by Kelseyanne Johnson (p.1) -- Student forum tackles censorship, USA Patriot Act / by Sarah Getchman (p.1) -- Intalco donates thousands, assists regional businesses / by Amanda Woolley (p.1) -- Cops box (p.2) -- Viking voices (p.2) -- AP Wire news briefs (p.2) -- Official announcements (p.2) -- Bellingham police arrest woman in connection with store shooting / by Zoe Fraley (p.3) -- Tax break allows Alcoa Intalco works to remain open / by Bryan Sharick (p.3) -- Accent (p.5) -- In the spotlight (p.5) -- In your words (p.5) -- Hint of red light / by Aaron Apple (p.6) -- End of the quarter for Loa Records / by Lauren Fior (p.6) -- Movie return of Jesus prompts debate / by Lee Fehrenbacher (p.7) -- Sports (p.8) -- Viking men weather late Seawolves surge / by Caitlin Unsell (p.8) -- Opinions (p.10) -- Frontline (p.10) -- Classified (p.11) |
Photographs | Barbara Brown (p.1) -- Tom Dorr (p.1) -- Ryan Simpson (p.2) -- Adam Lafayette (p.2) -- Chad Beasley (p.2) -- Sung Mun (p.3) -- Jong Min Park (p.3) -- Lindsay Overway (p.5) -- Justin Harcus (p.5) -- Stefanie Warmouth (p.5) -- Debbie Abbott (p.5) -- Collette Weeks (p.5) -- Charles V. Weisner (p.5) -- [Band, the Red Light Sting] / courtesy of AndyDesign (p.6) -- Leona Marrs, Jason Lajeunesse / courtesy of Hint Hint (p.6) -- [Band, Table Dancing with Betty] / courtesy of Loa Records (p.6) -- Grant Dykstra, Peter Bullock (p.8) -- Vinh Huynh (p.9) -- Nick Wenzel (p.9) -- Katie Scaief (p.11) -- Porfirio Pena (p.12) |
Cartoons | [C'mon! supersize it!] / Matt Haver (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 | ANCHORAGE AWAY Western men's basketball keeps playoffs in its picture Sports, Page 8 FOR PHYSIQUE SAKE Restaurants should serve healthier meals to children. Opinions, Page 10 THE RETURN OF THE CHRIST "The Passion" incites emotional reactions Accent, Page 7 Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington ISSUE 15 VOLUME 128 The Western Front FRIDAY MARCH 5, 2004 Unionized faculty advises Western Student forum tackles censorship, USA Patriot Act Ben Amold/The Westerri'Frbrit Barbara. Bowen, professor of English at City University of New York, fields questions from Western's faculty Thursday afternoon concerning the possibility of a faculty union. Huxley dean assumes lead of U.N. group By Kelseyanne Johnson The Western Front An international council named Huxley College of the Environment Dean Bradley Smith the president of the largest environmental organization in the world Monday. Smith will now lead the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which advises the United Nations on environmental policy. The union focuses on biological and ecological conservation efforts, Huxley associate professor John McLaughlin said. The union is trying to recruit more universities to form a network of students and conservation experts to share and access information, said. Keith Wheeler, director of the Conservation Learning Network for the union. At the end of March, Smith will travel to China to meet with deans about the union, Wheeler said. "When you sit down at a table with 10 different cultures, 10 different nationalities and 10 different perspectives and come to common grounds, it's a rush," Smith said. SEE Dean, PAGE 4 By Rob Morrell The Western Front . The United Faculty of Western Washington assembled a panel of professors and union leaders from throughout the nation who participated in a public forum addressing Western's ongoing faculty unionization process Thursday in the Viking Union. "These people are experts in " successful union activities from across the nation," said Steven Garfinkle, a member of the organizing committee" and Western history professor. "The question has been, 'Could we provide evidence of successful union activities?' That is what this panel is for." University representatives across the country , .from Temple i-University '; in -Philadelphia to California State University, attended the forum. They began by addressing the potential relationship between a union and the existing Faculty Senate. Garfinkle said the senate's lim- •• itedr strength facilitated the creation of a union with the power to collectively bargain a contract. A union would have the power of a unified faculty behind it, he said, in turn forcing the administration to respect professors' interests. "The faculty senate is only advisory," he said. "A union gives the faculty the ability to hold the university's feet to the fire." John Travis, a political science professor at Humboldt State University and president of the California Faculty Association, said it was important for unions to work closely with the senate. "There is.no fast, hard line dividing the responsibility of the academic senate and the union," Travis _said. "It's important to establish a working relationship with the academic senate because there's nothing that management and aciministrators like more than to play us against each other." Travis said the senate and union worked together on issues such as curriculum and workload decisions at his university. Barbara Bowen, president of the Professional Staff Congress and English professor at City University of New York, spoke about the potential accountability SEE Union PAGE 4 By Sarah Getchman The Western Front While many Western students believe the government should not be allowed to infringe on academic freedoms, others feel that a certain amount of censorship is necessary to maintain a community where no person feels unsafe, intimidated or offended. The Western Diversity Task Force brought students together in a civil debate forum Tuesday night to discuss how censorship and the USA Patriot Act affect the Western community. "(Students are) afraid of what could happen to their civil liberties/^ said Rachel Zommick, Associated Students vice president of legislative and community affairs. Zommick and Western senior Andrew Hu, a member, of the Western debate team, expressed alternate opinions and perspectives. Government censorship at Western "There are certain instances where something is offensive enough that it ought to be censored in the interest of the students," Hu said. This was the case when several students complained about a display at Western's annual Vagina Carnival that showed a woman's bare breast, Hu said. The university requested that the objectionable, material be removed or censored, he said. Event staff removed the display and the university planned to impose new guidelines for next year's Vagina Carnival. Students think of Western as a school that promotes intellectual and creative freedoms, Zommick said. Intalco donates thousands, assists regional businesses "Once you start restricting, it becomes the mentality," Zommick said. "The AS doesn't want to deter clubs and organizations from bringing up controversial issues or events." If the government chooses to censor materials at Western, it should do so in relation to the time, place and manner of the specific material, not the content, Hu said. The university must use these practical implementations of censorship to retain its reputation and support, he said. This past year, university officials asked faculty members to remove "No Iraq War" signs from their office windows, Hu said. The request was legitimate because Western employees work for the government on public property, which they should not use to express personal political views, he said. SEE Censorship, PAGE 4 By Amanda Woolley The Western Front The businesses of Sumas will receive an extra boost this year, thanks to Alcoa Intalco Works in Ferndale, which donated to Western Washington's Small Business Development Center. Intalco donated approximately $9,400 to the city of Sumas on Tuesday. The donation comes from Intalco's Business and Community Partnership Program, which gives part of the revenues back to the communities where Intalco and Bonneville Power Administration employees live. This is the second and final year of the program. Intalco donated approximately $1.75 million this year and in 2002 to the program, Intalco public relations spokeswoman Ricki Thompson said. "It was great for the allocation because of the five years of work we have been doing with the city of Sumas/' Center Director Tom Dorr said. "We are thankful for the recognition from the City Council for the strong partnership we have created." The center provides businesses SEE Sumas, PAGE 4 Amanda Woolley/The Western Front Western's Small Business Development Center received $7,500 from Inalco on Tuesday, amove that cemented local business partnerships, says Tom Dorr, director of the center. For news tips, call (360) 650-3162 or e-mail The Western Front at Sewesternfronteditor@yahoo.corn www.westernfrontonline.com Please recycle |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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