Western Front - 2005 July 7

              HE WESTERN FRONT
DAY, JULY 7, 2005 • WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY • BELLINGHAM, WASH. • WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM
ISSUE 3
VOLUME 13 1
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Dance faculty may
* not return next fall
BY KATIE MATHIS
The Western Front
Western's dance program may be missing three of its
most popular teachers when school resumes fall quarter.
Dance instructors Pamela Kuntz, Dionne Noble and
Andy Noble expected to return to their jobs this fall, but
the program has not renewed their contracts.
Dance program director Nolan Dennett and Carol Ed­wards,
dean of the College of Fine and Performing Arts,
make the decisions about whether to hire new faculty or
renew current faculty members' contracts.
Married couple Dionne and Andy Noble, who held
adjunct positions as teachers in the dance program, said
Dennett gave them verbal and written confirmation that
the program would renew their contracts for next year,
Dionne Noble said.
Dionne Noble said she signed a contract to renew her
position for one more year.
"I thought in all faith I had a job," she said.
Dionne and Andy Noble each received an e-mail from
Dennett and Edwards that said the program would not
renew their contracts for next year but did not give a
reason why.
This information surprised them because Andy Noble
said he and his wife feel they work hard and give a lot
of their time to the program and its students. For ex­ample,
Dionne Noble got a $43,000 grant for the dance
program this past year.
Dionne Noble, who is expecting the couple's first child
in August, said she no longer has the security of health
insurance after losing her job. She said this decision
came late in the year and she and her husband are uncer­tain
what they are going to do for jobs.
. Edwards declined to comment on whether the program
renewed Dionne and Andy Noble's contracts or if Dionne
Noble ever signed a contract.
Edwards said she is unsure when the program will make
the decision regarding who will teach classes next year.
Kuntz, whc also held an adjunct position, has worked in
Western's dance program for six years and taught classes
such as ballet technique and movement and culture. She
said Dennett and Edwards told her in April that she would
have a full-time position in the program next year.
Western kayaker disappears
see DANCE, page 8
PHOTO COURTESY OF BRAD CABOT
Western senior Brent Bradley has been missing since a June 16 kayaking trip in California.
BY JESSICA DIGNAN
The Western Front
A memorial service for missing kayaker Brent Bradley, a
Western senior, took place June 29 in Hovander Homestead
Park in Ferndale.
Bradley, 20, disappeared while on a white-water kayaking
trip with his brother, Ryan Bradley, and two friends June 16
on the Clavey River near Yosemite National Park in Tuolumne
County, Calif, friend and Western junior Brad Cabot said.
The other kayakers paddled along the right side of the
river while Bradley went down the center of the falls. Bradley
went over a waterfall and got stuck in churning water be­hind
a boulder.
Almost immediately, his paddle popped up and some of his
gear surfaced, Cabot said. Using a kayak rescue technique,
his fellow kayakers went upstream and threw ropes into the
hole, trying to give Bradley something to hold onto.
After having no luck with the ropes, the group went
downstream, hoping the fast current had flushed Bradley
down the river.
When they still did not find him, they kayaked approximate­ly
two hours downstream until they were able to access a tele­phone
and notify Tuolumne County authorities, Cabot said.....
Tuolumne County search and rescue looked for two days
after Bradley went missing and recovered his kayak, which
had broken in half, and most of his gear June 17, Lt. George
Ruckman of the Tuoluirine County Sheriff's Office said.
Ruckman said Tuolumne County authorities are no lon­ger
searching the area with officers on foot, though they are
still periodically sending out helicopters to view the area and
search for Bradley.
"Pending a change in water flow, there is not much more
see KAYAKER, page 8
Chef to put natural foods in Arntzen Atrium
SUSAN ROSENBERRY/The Western Front
Viking Union chef manager Doug Jo­hansson
prepares a variety of vegeta­bles
for wraps and salads served at the
Viking Market.
BY SUSAN ROSENBERRY
The Western Front
The Viking Union's new chef manager
is answering some Western students' plea
for healthy food options with a natural food
stand in the Arntzen Atrium.
Viking Union chef manager Doug Johans­son
is developing a natural food stand that
Western dining services planned in the Arnt­zen
Atrium, Johansson said.
The atrium, which will reopen next fall
after construction, will have a stand with
organic food options such as vegetables
and fruit, he said.
"We're here to serve the students," Johans­son
said. "If we didn't respond to their needs,
we'd get fired. If you were Steven Spielberg
and you made movies that you really liked
but the audience hated, you'd be fired."
Susan Vogelson, resident district manager
of University Dining Services, decided the
Arntzen Atrium was a suitable-size venue at
which to sell locally produced vegetables at
their inflated prices.
The quantities that are necessary to stock
the atrium are smaller than for any of the
dining halls. Not enough demand exists
among students to warrant stocking larger
venues with organic foods.
The natural food stand will provide
organic, vegetarian and vegan options
ranging from snacks, drinks and meals to
fresh-made food and packaged produce,
depending on the foods the dining services
chooses to purchase, she said.
University Dining Services will purchase
the vegetables and fruit for the atrium's
natural food stand from Charlie's Produce,
Vogelson said.
Western's University Dining Services
hired Johansson May 23 to join the food
services managerial team, she said.
"I have been interested in working with
a larger food service provider," Johans­son
said. "There are very few companies
in that department available in Washington
that are large enough for me to work with
where I can grow with them without.it los­ing
its attraction."
Sodexho requires staff members to have
experience with a high volume of food and
quick service, Vogelson said. These skills
are crucial because the Viking Commons
alone serves approximately 20,000 meals
each week.
Johansson's position at the Viking Mar­ket
renders him accountable for a variety
of tasks including scheduling caterers, pur­chasing
materials and controlling costs for
catering services in addition to developing
the natural food stand.
"When you're a chef, you're constantly
solving problems," Johansson said. "You
have to always have great food; that's your
report card. You're also trying to do things
better than the day before — cleaner, faster
and tastier. And of course, soon as you solve
one problem, another one pops up."
SMART ART
Learn the ins and outs of
browsing art galleries
FEATURES/ACCENT, PAGE 3
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Poor education legislation puts parents Three Western students
named Athletes of Year
SPORTS, PAGE 5