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Mi£P^?f^@^iliHKM^Hill^[^ f^s^rtippishii^ liii^l§iii^|ii Huxley students and Earth First! stop clear cuts... for a day By Danette Reeff and Haidee Jezek staff reporters The environmental groupEaith First! staged a demonstration early Monday against logging on Blanchard Mountain. The protest was over what it said was mismanagement of the forest lands by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). When loggers representing Joe Zender and Wilburn, a logging company, arrived at the logging site on Blanchard Mountain, 10 miles south of Bellingham, they found access to the site blocked. Throughout the night, protesters had constructed four road blocks of logs and debris, blocking the road every 100 yards. Earth First! spokesman Tony Van Gessell, a Bellingham resident and contractor, accused the DNR of mismanaging the forest lands and in the process, destroying wildlife habitat.. "35 percent of the watershed (was) cut. In the last 10 years, * that's way more than it should be," he said. Van Gessel calculated the percentage of forest cut by looking at the last 10 years of the Forest Practice Applications (FPAs). Protesters and loggers gathered on the far sides of the road blocks ~ about one-half mile apart, visible to each other only from a distance. Van Gessell was the only protester to actively engaged in discussion with the loggers, while maintaining radio communications with the other 20 or so protesters. The loggers called police as soon as they discovered the protesters and then sent some loggers to another cutting sight "Now these guys (loggers) have to go home with no pay," said Marty Wilburn, a co-owner of the logging firm. "The cost of living is hard enough as it is." The only protester to venture near the waiting loggers was handcuffed, questioned by police and released. Deming cutting contractorDan Peitila said he understood what the protesters were trying to do but did not agree with their tactics. "They say they 're targeting big business," Peitila said. "But today they're hurting us, the little people. This site is still going to be cut." Peitila said DNR had already made enough efforts to reach a mutual agreement with concerned local citizens groups. "We've already compromised a great deal on this job just to accommodate aesthetics and wildlife," Peitila said. "We've been doing everything to meet them half way, but they aren't content with that." "It hurts me to see how people (protesters) can be ignorant... to the fact that people (loggers) are already struggling," said Greg Zender another co-owner of the See PROTEST, page 2 Photo by Matt Huibert: An unidentified Western student is confronted by a police officer before being arrested. She was released a short time later. Graphics and color blamed for textbook price increases By Charity Proctor special to the Front As if college students don't have enough money problems—the price of textbooks is steadily going up. The main reasons for the increases are the growing use of colorand the support services, such as videos, given to professors. The Washington Post made this observation about college textbooks nationwide in August 1992: "Four-year private colleges told students last year that they should expect to spend an average of $496 a year for books, up 89 percent from 10 years ago, according to an annual survey by the College Board." By comparison, the consumer price index rose 49.8 percent during that time, the Post reported. Improved graphics are one reason textbook production costs have increased in recent years, said Suzanna Zeitler, executive marketing manager for Harper Collins Publishers. "Obviously it's much more expensive to print something in full color than in black and white," she said. Feedback from textbook reviewers led to printing more graphics in books, she said. Color is used most elaborately in courses where it can help students understand the material. "(The use of graphics and color) has been growing for the last eight to 10 years," Zeitler said. "Areas where color is used most commonly include biology, history and business." But the visual aspect of textbooks accounts for only part of high production costs. Publishers also provide professors with lecture and chapter outlines, transparencies, test banks and videos to supplement lectures. A publisher may spend well over $500,000 to launch one textbook — not including paper, printing and binding costs, Zeitler said. But frequent improvements in technology also factor into rising production costs, said Wanda Boaz, a customer service representative for Wads worth Publishing Company. "Binderies are always getting new machinery ... as are the printers," Boaz said. But don't call the bookstore to complain about prices. "We have no control on the price of textbooks here at the store," said George Elliott, general manager of Western's Student Coop Bookstore. "We order what (the professors) tell us to order." And when a professor orders a book, the store can't shop around. Book publishers own the rights to their authors' works. "It's not like supplies, where you can negotiate," Elliott said. The bookstore makes a 4 percent profit on textbooks—and sometimes doesn't even get that. "In a lot of cases we lose money when we sell a textbook," Elliott said. "But that's why we're here. We're a co-op; we try to pass savings on to students at the register. We're as upset as anybody about the price of textbooks." Lacrosse team hit for alcohol abuse Open containers found in university van after away game Photo by Jonathan Burton Lacrosse team members wear their new "Big Blue" logo, a consequence of an alcohol related infraction. By Paul Peterman staff reporter Western's Men's Lacrosse Sport Club has been suspended from all membership privileges in the sport club program through spring 1993 in connection with its misuse of alcohol while using a university vehicle. The Office of Campus Recreation announced the suspension on Friday. A memo to the lacrosse team and the Sport Club Council stated the reasons: "The misuse of motor pool vehicles, including the transportation of alcoholic beverages and the exceeding of posted speed limits, and the misuse of alcoholic beverages during authorized travel as representatives of Western and theOffice of CampusRecreation." The incidents leading to the suspension happened on the weekend of April 9, during the team's trip to play a match in Spokane. Campus police told Intramural Coordinator and Sport Club Advisor Tony Onofrietti they found alcoholic beverage See LACROSSE, page 3
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Rating | |
Title | Western Front - 1993 April 20 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 86, no. 39 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1993-04-20 |
Year Published | 1993 |
Original Publisher | Western Washington University |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Editor |
R. E. Dalrymple, Editor Kevin Perron, Managing editor Colin Wilcox, News editor Margret Graham, Assistant News editor Karl Schweizer, Campus and Government editor Jeff Quiggle, Features editor Vanessa Blackburn, Accent editor Russ Kasselman, Assistant Accent editor Tim Farley, Sports editor Cheryl Bishop, Issues and Opinions editor Nicci Noteboom, Assistant Issues and Opinions editor Dan Carollo, Copy editor R. Nina Ruchirat, Copy editor Chong Kim, Photo editor Adam Leask, Assistant Photo editor Matt Hulbert, Graphics editor |
Staff |
Eric Backman, Publications manager Teari Brown, Business manager Scott Friesen, Graphics Kristi Cooper, Graphics Lawrence Bergquist, Illustrator Staff Reporters : Steve Arnold Jason Barbacoui Josh Barnhill Guy Bergstrom Solana Bottem Ric Brewer Cassandra Burdsal Angela Cassidy Greg Dean Jennifer Dixon Kurt Eckert Chris Frost Chris Geer Heather Goad Jennifer Hardison Jennifer Hill Haidee Jezek Robyn Johnson Todd McGee Tedra Meyer Margaret Mills Jeff Misel Chris Moore Eric Munson Lisa Naylor Kelly O'Neill John Payseno Andrew Pendli Paul Peterman Erik Petterson Danette Reeff Michelle Reilly Mark Rensink Michael Ritter Angie Robison Mark Scholten Michael Sniezak Ina Smith Renee Treider Noah Walden Kevin Westrick Chris Wilke Kris Whipple Clayton Wright Holly Yip |
Faculty Advisor | Pete Steffens |
Article Titles | Huxley students and Earth First! stop clear cuts ... for a day / by Danette Reeff and Haidee Jezek (p.1) -- Graphics and color blamed for textbook price increases / by Charity Proctor (p.1) -- Lacrosse team hit for alcohol abuse: open containers found in university van after away game / by Paul Peterman (p.1) -- Cops box (p.2) -- Western briefs (p.2) -- The latest world and national news (p.2) -- WWU official announcements (p.2) -- Bicycle helmet bill is making its way through the legislature / by Robyn Johnson (p.3) -- Women's self-defense, abuse prevention courses offered / by Heather Barnhart (p.4) -- Program helping at-risk teens looks for funds / by Danette Reeff (p.4) -- Local artist has new use for 'unrecycleable' glass / by Ric Brewer (p.6) -- Oil pollution control act keeps state's waters clean / by Chris Frost (p.6) -- Western hosts Native-American powwow / by R. Nina Ruchirat (p.7) -- Western departs from tradition, celebrates Earth Day on Wednesday / by Beth Matthews and Chris Wilke (p.8) -- Operator of Bellingham's Gardens of Art nursery thinks globally, acts locally / by Josh Barnhill (p.8) -- Shannon Point Marine Center students can 'immerse themeselves' in marine biology / by Kurt Eckert (p.9) -- Western student promotes hemp awareness by selling its products / by Holly Yip (p.9) -- Red Cross conducts fake disaster at shelter on Guide Meridian: exercise was 'great success,' director says / by John Payseno (p.10) -- Car insurance: many who need or have it don't understand how it works / by Clayton Wright (p.10) -- Commentary: The key for a better Seahawks: the draft / by Mark Scholten (p.11) -- Men's lacrosse team wins game with new name / by Jonathan Burton (p.12) -- Western sports briefs (p.12) -- Violence in South Africa hampers the end of apartheid / by Jason Barbacovi (p.13) -- Civil rights injustices prevail / by Nicci Noteboom (p.13) -- America's preoccupation with cults may cause more deaths in the future / by Kevin Perron (p.14) -- Sinclair Island: vacation paradise or waste of money? / by Josh Barnhill and Eric Munson (p.14) -- Reporter out of league in tackling Jackson's baseball protest/ by E. A. Sundvall (p.15) -- Classified (p.15) |
Photographs | Lacrosse team members wear their new "Big Blue" logo, a consequence of an alcohol related infraction / by Jonathan Burton (p.1) -- An unidentified Western student is confronted by a police officer before being arrested / by Matt Hulbert (p.1) -- Sterling Powell, a Western student, works with one of Bill Sargent's new glass paving bricks / by Erik Petterson (p.6) -- Three children dance at the Eighth Annual Western Washington University Powwow Sunday evening / by Chong Kim (p.7) -- George Drake prunes branches at Gardens of Art nursery, 3000 Sylvan St. / by Eric Munson (p.8) -- A student at Shannon Point Marine Center in Anacortes researches how salt water affects the physiology of salmon / by Chong Kim (p.9) -- Gail and Bryan Estes disseminate information about hemp at a fundraiser at Speedy O'Tubbs / courtesy of Bryan Estes (p.9) -- Megan Keller, age 9, participates in Red Cross exercises Thursday night / by Chong Kim (p.10) -- Mark Scholten (p.11) -- Attack Billy Arthur looks to shoot against the University of Puget Sound / by Chong Kim (p.12) -- Sophomore Connie Twidwell pitches against PLU / by Chong Kim (p.12) -- Jason Barbacovi (p.13) -- Nicci Noteboom (p.13) |
Cartoons | After the Rodney King verdict / by L. Bergquist (p.14) -- Out to lunch / by Bud and Noah (p.15) |
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 | 44 x 28 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 | Western Front - 1993 April 20 - Page 1 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1993-04-20 |
Year Published | 1993 |
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 | Mi£P^?f^@^iliHKM^Hill^[^ f^s^rtippishii^ liii^l§iii^|ii Huxley students and Earth First! stop clear cuts... for a day By Danette Reeff and Haidee Jezek staff reporters The environmental groupEaith First! staged a demonstration early Monday against logging on Blanchard Mountain. The protest was over what it said was mismanagement of the forest lands by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). When loggers representing Joe Zender and Wilburn, a logging company, arrived at the logging site on Blanchard Mountain, 10 miles south of Bellingham, they found access to the site blocked. Throughout the night, protesters had constructed four road blocks of logs and debris, blocking the road every 100 yards. Earth First! spokesman Tony Van Gessell, a Bellingham resident and contractor, accused the DNR of mismanaging the forest lands and in the process, destroying wildlife habitat.. "35 percent of the watershed (was) cut. In the last 10 years, * that's way more than it should be," he said. Van Gessel calculated the percentage of forest cut by looking at the last 10 years of the Forest Practice Applications (FPAs). Protesters and loggers gathered on the far sides of the road blocks ~ about one-half mile apart, visible to each other only from a distance. Van Gessell was the only protester to actively engaged in discussion with the loggers, while maintaining radio communications with the other 20 or so protesters. The loggers called police as soon as they discovered the protesters and then sent some loggers to another cutting sight "Now these guys (loggers) have to go home with no pay," said Marty Wilburn, a co-owner of the logging firm. "The cost of living is hard enough as it is." The only protester to venture near the waiting loggers was handcuffed, questioned by police and released. Deming cutting contractorDan Peitila said he understood what the protesters were trying to do but did not agree with their tactics. "They say they 're targeting big business," Peitila said. "But today they're hurting us, the little people. This site is still going to be cut." Peitila said DNR had already made enough efforts to reach a mutual agreement with concerned local citizens groups. "We've already compromised a great deal on this job just to accommodate aesthetics and wildlife," Peitila said. "We've been doing everything to meet them half way, but they aren't content with that." "It hurts me to see how people (protesters) can be ignorant... to the fact that people (loggers) are already struggling," said Greg Zender another co-owner of the See PROTEST, page 2 Photo by Matt Huibert: An unidentified Western student is confronted by a police officer before being arrested. She was released a short time later. Graphics and color blamed for textbook price increases By Charity Proctor special to the Front As if college students don't have enough money problems—the price of textbooks is steadily going up. The main reasons for the increases are the growing use of colorand the support services, such as videos, given to professors. The Washington Post made this observation about college textbooks nationwide in August 1992: "Four-year private colleges told students last year that they should expect to spend an average of $496 a year for books, up 89 percent from 10 years ago, according to an annual survey by the College Board." By comparison, the consumer price index rose 49.8 percent during that time, the Post reported. Improved graphics are one reason textbook production costs have increased in recent years, said Suzanna Zeitler, executive marketing manager for Harper Collins Publishers. "Obviously it's much more expensive to print something in full color than in black and white," she said. Feedback from textbook reviewers led to printing more graphics in books, she said. Color is used most elaborately in courses where it can help students understand the material. "(The use of graphics and color) has been growing for the last eight to 10 years," Zeitler said. "Areas where color is used most commonly include biology, history and business." But the visual aspect of textbooks accounts for only part of high production costs. Publishers also provide professors with lecture and chapter outlines, transparencies, test banks and videos to supplement lectures. A publisher may spend well over $500,000 to launch one textbook — not including paper, printing and binding costs, Zeitler said. But frequent improvements in technology also factor into rising production costs, said Wanda Boaz, a customer service representative for Wads worth Publishing Company. "Binderies are always getting new machinery ... as are the printers," Boaz said. But don't call the bookstore to complain about prices. "We have no control on the price of textbooks here at the store," said George Elliott, general manager of Western's Student Coop Bookstore. "We order what (the professors) tell us to order." And when a professor orders a book, the store can't shop around. Book publishers own the rights to their authors' works. "It's not like supplies, where you can negotiate," Elliott said. The bookstore makes a 4 percent profit on textbooks—and sometimes doesn't even get that. "In a lot of cases we lose money when we sell a textbook," Elliott said. "But that's why we're here. We're a co-op; we try to pass savings on to students at the register. We're as upset as anybody about the price of textbooks." Lacrosse team hit for alcohol abuse Open containers found in university van after away game Photo by Jonathan Burton Lacrosse team members wear their new "Big Blue" logo, a consequence of an alcohol related infraction. By Paul Peterman staff reporter Western's Men's Lacrosse Sport Club has been suspended from all membership privileges in the sport club program through spring 1993 in connection with its misuse of alcohol while using a university vehicle. The Office of Campus Recreation announced the suspension on Friday. A memo to the lacrosse team and the Sport Club Council stated the reasons: "The misuse of motor pool vehicles, including the transportation of alcoholic beverages and the exceeding of posted speed limits, and the misuse of alcoholic beverages during authorized travel as representatives of Western and theOffice of CampusRecreation." The incidents leading to the suspension happened on the weekend of April 9, during the team's trip to play a match in Spokane. Campus police told Intramural Coordinator and Sport Club Advisor Tony Onofrietti they found alcoholic beverage See LACROSSE, page 3 |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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