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ISSUE 14 VOLUME 128 ON THICK ICE New toy floats challenge to students at Rec Center. Sports, Page 11 SEX IS OK FOR US. American culture should relax social attitudes about sex. Opinions, Page 14 A WALK IN THEIR SHOES Reporter briefly lives the life of a homeless man. Features, Page 8 Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington The Western Front TUESDAY MARCH 2,2004 Hanging for a cause Potential activists learn techniques for defending trees By Wolfgang Deerkop The Western Front Slowly inching v3p a ltKMoot rope into the forest cano^rytp reach a small/wet plywood platform swaying in the wind may not seem like the best way to spend an afternoon, but tiV ! experience can change a person forever — especially if he or she falls, said Deane Rimmerman, an Evergreen College senior who refers to himself as Dirt. "Normally, we don't look down unless we are looking at something small," said Rimmerman, the workshop's lead instructor. "But when you are up there, you perceive the world as a whole sphere because everything is below you." Eighteen people — primarily Western students — attended a tree-climbing workshop on Sehome Hill on Sunday afternoon to learn about tree climbing safety and tree sits. Tree sits — small platforms high in the tree tops that house environmental activists who use their bodies as human shields to prevent logging — have evolved as one of the most visible methods of protesting logging practices. Activists such as Julia "Butterfly" Hill, who lived in, a Californian redwood named Luna between 1997 and 1999, have garnered intense international media coverage for the practice, Rimmerman said. The appeal of tree sitting has a certain SEE TVee, PAGE 4 Ben Arnold/The Western Front At a tree-climbing workshop in the Sehome Hill Arboretum on Sunday afternoon, Western student Bobby Pogue prepares to ascend a tree. Nearly half of all people under 25 may have an STD By Kaitlin King The Western Front Approximately half of all Americans will acquire a sexually transmitted disease by their 25th birthday, according to two new reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -released this past week. The study showed that 15- to 24-year-olds account for 48 percent of all STD cases in the United States, even though that age group accounts for only 25 percent of sexually active Americans. \ • The Alan Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit, sexual- help group for youth, issued a report Feb. 24, according to which, the same population accounted for 9.1 million-of the 18.9 million new STD cases in 2000. According to the report, the collective medical costs to treat the STDs for the entire lives of those infected will total $6.5 billion. Three infections — chlamydia, gonorrhea and the human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause genital warts and cervical cancer in women — represent raaeof 10 new-eases of STD infections in the United States every year, according to the report. " Th&majority of the costs results-from the treatment of HIV and the small amount of HPV cases that result in cervical cancer or genital warts. "In general, talking about STIs (sexually transmitted infections) is seen as an embarrassing problem in our society," Planned Parenthood health educator Joanna Johnston said. "Teens often have scary feelings when it comes to talking to their partners about sexual history." Catharine Vader, a registered nurse in Western's Student Health Center, said many of the STD infections seen at the center are not curable and are extremely contagious, such as HPV and herpes. "A lot of times students are asymptomatic in SEE Diseases, PAGE 4 Faculty members near unionization approval By Katie Scaief The Western Front By next fall, faculty members at Western could be unionized. The organizing committee of the United Faculty of Western Washington is working toward a vote for a faculty union, said Steven Garfinkle, Western history profes- Public forum: sor and member of the Facility members steering committee. The ^ n rHopijSo eight-member commit p.m. in VU 464 tee coordinates the Unionization organizing committee, Thursday at 3 the goal of which is to form a campus faculty union. As the third step in a six-step process, organizing committee members are seeking signatures from faculty members who are interested in a union, Garfinkle said. Identities are confidential tration, he said. State law requires 30 percent of faculty members to sign authorization cards before they can vote for a union, he said. "We have already exceeded the state minimum," Garfinkle said. Western's organizing committee has set a goal to collect signatures from at least half of the faculty by spring to ensure support, Garfinkle said. After the organizing committee displays significant faculty support through the authorizing card campaign, the Public Employment Relations Commission^ a state agency, will verify the cards as'the fourth and not shown to the adminis-step toward unionization. SEE Faculty, PAGE 5 Meridian school levy under fire By Lauren Fior The Western Front If Meridian School District does not pass a $1.8 million maintenance and operations levy, approximately .15 extracurricular activities could be cut. At a public forum at Meridian High School yesterday, district superintendent Burton Dickerson gave the audience general information about Meridian schools and what the current levy funding provides for the district. "State and federal funding are not adequate to meet school district financial needs," Dickerson said. On Feb. 3, the school district voted on the levy, which failed to reach the. necessary 60-percent approval by 0;63 percent. In approximately three weeks, the school board will vote to bring-the levy back to the public for a re-vote, Meridian School Board member Bryan Vander Krissy Gochnour/The Western Front Bellingham resident Todd Williams listens as details of the Meridian School District levy are outlined Monday night. Yacht said. Vander Yacht said, many people aie misirifprmed and think the levy will increase their property/ taxes, Vander Yacht said approving the new levy would renew the current levy, which would lower property-tax rates. Residents pay a rate of $3.46 per $1,000 of assessed property valuation, he said. Citizens in the school district, which encompasses the town of Laurel, north of Bellingham, will pay $3.25 per $1,000 of assessed property valuation when the cur- For news tips, call (360) 650-3162 or e-mail The Western Front at thewesternfronteditor@yahoo.com "www.westernfrontonline.com SEE Budget, PAGE 4 Please recycle • i * ^ ' * " ^ * * * " '
Object Description
Rating | |
Title | Western Front - 2004 March 2 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 128, no. 14 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 2004-03-02 |
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 Krissy Gochnour Rob Morrell Ryan Hashagen Caitlin Unsell |
Faculty Advisor | Lyle Harris |
Article Titles | Hanging for a cause / by Wolfgang Deerkop (p.1) -- Nearly half of all people under 25 may have an STD / by Kaitlin King (p.1) -- Faculty members near unionization approval / by Katie Scaief (p.1) -- Meridian school levy under fire / by Lauren Fior (p.1) -- Cops box (p.2) -- Viking voices (p.2) -- AP Wire news briefs (p.2) -- Official announcements (p.2) -- U.S. supreme court rules against offering scholarships for theology / by Jelena Washington (p.3) -- Same-sex amendment divides campus groups / by Rob Morrell (p.3) -- Students learn to take pride in their bodies / by Zoe Fraley (p.6) -- Features (p.7) -- Strange days (p.7) -- No place like home / by Rob Morrell (p.8-9) -- Sports (p.10) -- Final home win features irate Humboldt coach / by Tyler Hicks (p.10) -- Iceberg makes children out of Western students / by Caitlin Unsell (p.11) -- Mariners off season moves will produce hits and cash / by Matt Hietala (p.12) -- Softball remains scoreboard-less after five seasons / by Jelena Washington (p.12) -- Opinions (p.13) -- Frontline (p.14) -- Letter to the editor (p.15) -- Classified (p.15) |
Photographs | Bobby Pogue (p.1) -- Todd Williams (p.1) -- Rowenn Kalman (p.2) -- Cheri Frink (p.2) -- Seth Christian (p.2) -- [Tree climbing attendees] (p.4) -- Steve Dole (p.6) -- Rob Morrell (p.9) -- Ryan Hashagen (p.8) -- Jenn McGillivray (p.10) -- Tyler Demarre, Paul Knowles, Danielle Bellert (p.11) -- Krissy Gochnour (p.13) -- Chani Jacobson (p.14) -- Katie Scaief (p.14) -- Kelseyanne Johnson (p.15) |
Cartoons | Inside the White House kitchen / Reid Psaltis (p.14) |
Notes | Special supplement included "Who's who in business 2004" (p.1-20) |
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 | ISSUE 14 VOLUME 128 ON THICK ICE New toy floats challenge to students at Rec Center. Sports, Page 11 SEX IS OK FOR US. American culture should relax social attitudes about sex. Opinions, Page 14 A WALK IN THEIR SHOES Reporter briefly lives the life of a homeless man. Features, Page 8 Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington The Western Front TUESDAY MARCH 2,2004 Hanging for a cause Potential activists learn techniques for defending trees By Wolfgang Deerkop The Western Front Slowly inching v3p a ltKMoot rope into the forest cano^rytp reach a small/wet plywood platform swaying in the wind may not seem like the best way to spend an afternoon, but tiV ! experience can change a person forever — especially if he or she falls, said Deane Rimmerman, an Evergreen College senior who refers to himself as Dirt. "Normally, we don't look down unless we are looking at something small," said Rimmerman, the workshop's lead instructor. "But when you are up there, you perceive the world as a whole sphere because everything is below you." Eighteen people — primarily Western students — attended a tree-climbing workshop on Sehome Hill on Sunday afternoon to learn about tree climbing safety and tree sits. Tree sits — small platforms high in the tree tops that house environmental activists who use their bodies as human shields to prevent logging — have evolved as one of the most visible methods of protesting logging practices. Activists such as Julia "Butterfly" Hill, who lived in, a Californian redwood named Luna between 1997 and 1999, have garnered intense international media coverage for the practice, Rimmerman said. The appeal of tree sitting has a certain SEE TVee, PAGE 4 Ben Arnold/The Western Front At a tree-climbing workshop in the Sehome Hill Arboretum on Sunday afternoon, Western student Bobby Pogue prepares to ascend a tree. Nearly half of all people under 25 may have an STD By Kaitlin King The Western Front Approximately half of all Americans will acquire a sexually transmitted disease by their 25th birthday, according to two new reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -released this past week. The study showed that 15- to 24-year-olds account for 48 percent of all STD cases in the United States, even though that age group accounts for only 25 percent of sexually active Americans. \ • The Alan Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit, sexual- help group for youth, issued a report Feb. 24, according to which, the same population accounted for 9.1 million-of the 18.9 million new STD cases in 2000. According to the report, the collective medical costs to treat the STDs for the entire lives of those infected will total $6.5 billion. Three infections — chlamydia, gonorrhea and the human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause genital warts and cervical cancer in women — represent raaeof 10 new-eases of STD infections in the United States every year, according to the report. " Th&majority of the costs results-from the treatment of HIV and the small amount of HPV cases that result in cervical cancer or genital warts. "In general, talking about STIs (sexually transmitted infections) is seen as an embarrassing problem in our society," Planned Parenthood health educator Joanna Johnston said. "Teens often have scary feelings when it comes to talking to their partners about sexual history." Catharine Vader, a registered nurse in Western's Student Health Center, said many of the STD infections seen at the center are not curable and are extremely contagious, such as HPV and herpes. "A lot of times students are asymptomatic in SEE Diseases, PAGE 4 Faculty members near unionization approval By Katie Scaief The Western Front By next fall, faculty members at Western could be unionized. The organizing committee of the United Faculty of Western Washington is working toward a vote for a faculty union, said Steven Garfinkle, Western history profes- Public forum: sor and member of the Facility members steering committee. The ^ n rHopijSo eight-member commit p.m. in VU 464 tee coordinates the Unionization organizing committee, Thursday at 3 the goal of which is to form a campus faculty union. As the third step in a six-step process, organizing committee members are seeking signatures from faculty members who are interested in a union, Garfinkle said. Identities are confidential tration, he said. State law requires 30 percent of faculty members to sign authorization cards before they can vote for a union, he said. "We have already exceeded the state minimum," Garfinkle said. Western's organizing committee has set a goal to collect signatures from at least half of the faculty by spring to ensure support, Garfinkle said. After the organizing committee displays significant faculty support through the authorizing card campaign, the Public Employment Relations Commission^ a state agency, will verify the cards as'the fourth and not shown to the adminis-step toward unionization. SEE Faculty, PAGE 5 Meridian school levy under fire By Lauren Fior The Western Front If Meridian School District does not pass a $1.8 million maintenance and operations levy, approximately .15 extracurricular activities could be cut. At a public forum at Meridian High School yesterday, district superintendent Burton Dickerson gave the audience general information about Meridian schools and what the current levy funding provides for the district. "State and federal funding are not adequate to meet school district financial needs," Dickerson said. On Feb. 3, the school district voted on the levy, which failed to reach the. necessary 60-percent approval by 0;63 percent. In approximately three weeks, the school board will vote to bring-the levy back to the public for a re-vote, Meridian School Board member Bryan Vander Krissy Gochnour/The Western Front Bellingham resident Todd Williams listens as details of the Meridian School District levy are outlined Monday night. Yacht said. Vander Yacht said, many people aie misirifprmed and think the levy will increase their property/ taxes, Vander Yacht said approving the new levy would renew the current levy, which would lower property-tax rates. Residents pay a rate of $3.46 per $1,000 of assessed property valuation, he said. Citizens in the school district, which encompasses the town of Laurel, north of Bellingham, will pay $3.25 per $1,000 of assessed property valuation when the cur- For news tips, call (360) 650-3162 or e-mail The Western Front at thewesternfronteditor@yahoo.com "www.westernfrontonline.com SEE Budget, PAGE 4 Please recycle • i * ^ ' * " ^ * * * " ' |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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