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HE WESTERN FRONT AY, MAY 3, 2005 • WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY • BELLINGHAM, WASH. • WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM ISSUE IO VOLUME 133 presidential race needs revote Editor's note: Western Front reporters Shannon Hutchinson and Liz McNeil were not interviewed/or this story, nor is their association with The Western Front the basis for this article. BY PETER JENSEN The Western Front . I t has been five days since the Associated Students election ended, and Western is still without its next AS president. During an appeal meeting Monday night, the AS board of directors voted to uphold an AS election board ruling that disqualified Western senior Tony Russo, a presidential candidate, for election code violations. Russo won the election, receiving 57 percent of the votes, but he will not assume his elected role. The board of directors scheduled a runoff election Wednesday between Russo's opponents, Western juniors Nick Cizek and Shannon Hutchinson. The winner will become the next AS president. The election code requires another election because neither Cizek nor Hutchinson received the 33 percent of votes necessary to be elected in a three-way race, said Rachel Zommick, Western senior and AS president. Russo said he would continue to lobby for issues such as extending the nighttime bus service at Western and reforming the election process. "I disagree strongly with the ruling, but continuing to fight it will only further damage the campus," Russo said. "You don't need a title to be a leader." The board of directors failed to pass a measure that would have overturned Russo's disqualification. They voted 3-2 against it at the Monday meeting, with Russo, the vice president for business and operations, and Peter Graves, the vice president for legislative affairs, abstaining. Russo said voting on his appeal would be a conflict of interest. Graves abstained becautte he said in a prepared statement that Russo threatened him during a conversation they had Friday, the day after the election board disqualified Russo. This prevented him from casting an unbiased vote, he said. Graves, who won re-election for VP for legislative affairs, said Russo told him to vote to overturn his disqualification or otherwise face a recall when Graves assumed office this summer. A successful recall, which would see BOARD, page 4 State bans tobacco companies from at concerts BY KELSEY DOSEN The Western Front New evidence from a study by the Washington State Department. of Health shows the smoking rates for people ages 18'to 29 in Washington state are holding steady at 28 percent, despite declines in other age groups. Starting Memorial Day weekend and continuing through the summer, the Health Department will attempt to reduce this rate by collaborating with House of Blues Concerts Inc., Pacific Northwest Region to educate people about the dangers of smoking. The Health Department has officially banned tobacco companies from promoting and distributing samples of cigarettes at concerts in Washington state for the outdoor concert season, said Tim Church^ communications director for the Washington State Department of Health. The plan between the Health Department and the House of Blues will be in effect for this outdoor concert season and will then be analyzed by the Department of Health and possibly put into effect again in the future, if the plan proves to be effective. "This is a really important and exciting idea," said Church. "You don't ever see state and government agencies working with concert promoters.'' People are still able to smoke at concerts, Church said. This see TOBACCO, page 4 Grant will fund second part of south campus construction BY MEGAN MULDARY The Western Front Western received a $51.4 million grant April 24 to build the new Academic Instructional Center, which will be located on south campus. The grant came from the Gardner- Photo courtesy of Gil Aiken Construction of the Academic Instructional Center will begin March 2006 on the south end of campus. Evans Higher Education Construction fund. Gil Aiken, the project manager for the building, said the Academic Instructional Center is the next major building project on campus. The building will house the psychology and communication sciences and disorders departments. The building will be located southwest of the Communications Facility. Aiken said this project will complete the second half of construction in the south campus area adjacent to the Communications Facility. The first half of the south campus project was the construction of the Communications Facility. Construction of the new building will start March 2006, Aiken said. Contractors at Opsis Architecture, who are designing the building, and Western officials are still discussing when the completionHate and scheduled opening of the building will be, he said. Aiken said the Academic Instructional Center will be approximately 120,000 square feet and will include two lecture halls, classrooms, computer labs and a collaborative learning center. Aiken said the center will be a learning and social environment for students and faculty to meet in at any time. He said the building will have group seating available and computer stations. Wireless data transmission will be available throughout the building for laptop use, he said. Dale Dinnel, professor and chair of the psychology department, said the new building will allow the department to have updated animal research facilities that will meet federal guidelines. He said the animal research facility could have a positive impact on the ability of the biological psychology faculty to obtain federal grants to support its research. Dinnel said the faculty currently uses crayfish, rats and mice for its research: The department will also have a student laboratory for animal research. Dinnel said students and faculty who use the counseling clinic will benefit from a new facility in the building. The current counseling clinic serves as a training facility see GRANT, page 5 OLD BELLINGHAM g g g g g g g ^ ^ g g g i Eldridge Avenue home contains years of Bellingham history. FEATURES, PAGE 8 parental consent endangers young CYCLE OF LIFE Western's cycling club to compete in Division II championships. SPORTS, PAGE 11
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Rating | |
Title | Western Front - 2005 May 3 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 133, no. 10 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 2005-05-03 |
Year Published | 2005 |
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 |
Caleb Heeringa, editor in chief Laura McVicker, managing editor Zoe Fraley, head copy editor Brittany Greenfield, copy editor Timory Wilson, copy editor Chris Huber, photo editor Elana Bean, news editor Marissa Harshman, new editor Christina Twu, accent editor Krissy Gochnour, features editor Adam Rudnick, sports editor Molly Jensen, opinions editor Blair Wilson, online editor |
Staff |
Greta Smoke, community liaison Mike Murray, staff photographer Tara Nelson, columnist Terrence Nowicki, cartoonist Alethea Macomber, business manager Joel Hall, advertising manager Reporters : Leslie Adams Lauren Allain Laura Belzer Adam Brown Dawn Chesbro Taurean Dauls Jessica Dignan Kelsey Dosen Adriana Dunn Sam Everts Kira Freed Dan Grohl Blair Habenicht Lindsay Hamsik Stefani Harrey Aaron Hart Shannon Hutchison Peter Jensen Tom Kloser Sarah Kuck Zach Kyle Michael Lee Kara Leider Brian Lenzmeier Megan Lum Michael Lycklama Sean McCormick Sean McGrorey Ted McGuire Liz McNeil Kate Miller Ashley Milke Megan Muldary Chris Neumann Derrick Pacheco Shannon Proulx Mark Reimers Nick Riley Susan Rosenberry Becky Rosillo Katie Rothenberger Matt Russoniello Loren Shane Lincoln Smith Devin Smart Ben Sokolow Elisa Sparkman Megan Swartz Trevor Swedberg Taune Sweet Bradley Thayer Courtney Walker Leah Weissman Jared Yoakum |
Photographer |
Amanda Woolley Lincoln Smith Taune Sweet Lauren Allain Devin Smart Jared Yoakum |
Faculty Advisor | John Harris |
Article Titles | AS presidential race needs re-vote / by Peter Jensen (p.1) -- State bans tobacco companies from soliciting at concerts / by Kelsey Dosen (p.1) -- Softball sweeps Saint Martin's College (p.1) -- Grant will fund second part of south campus construction / by Megan Muldary (p.1) -- Cops box (p.2) -- Viking voices (p.2) -- AP Wire news briefs (p.2) -- Official announcements (p.2) -- Life after graduation / by Megan Muldary (p.6) -- Reality: an alumna's point of view / by Megan Muldary (p.6) -- Features (p.7) -- Strange days (p.7) -- House with a history / by Taune Sweet (p.8) -- Party in the pants / by Lauren Allain (p.9) -- Softball sweeps Saturday, stumbles Sunday / by Devin Smart (p.10) -- Western cyclists pave the way to success / by Elisa Sparkman (p.11) -- Off the wall / by Leah Weissman (p.12) -- Opinions (p.14) -- Frontline (p.14) -- Classifieds (p.15) |
Photographs | Adrienne Moore (p.1) -- [Model of the Academic Instructional Center] / courtesy of Gil Aiken (p.1) -- matt Kenny (p.2) -- Wanjiku Thande (p.2) -- Zach Koehnke (p.2) -- [Associated Students board of directors] (p.4) -- [Hugh Eldridge Mansion] (p.8) -- Samantha Turner, Sarah Girouard, Ashley Stenson (p.9) -- Amy Jeffers (p.9) -- Lisa Pendergrast (p.10) -- Ryan Rickerts, Nick Clayville (p.11) -- Madeleine Stewart (p.12) -- Aaron Hart (p.14) -- Sarah Kuck (p.14) -- Courtney Walker (p.15) |
Cartoons | [House of Blues] / Michael Murray (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 | HE WESTERN FRONT AY, MAY 3, 2005 • WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY • BELLINGHAM, WASH. • WESTERNFRONTONLINE.COM ISSUE IO VOLUME 133 presidential race needs revote Editor's note: Western Front reporters Shannon Hutchinson and Liz McNeil were not interviewed/or this story, nor is their association with The Western Front the basis for this article. BY PETER JENSEN The Western Front . I t has been five days since the Associated Students election ended, and Western is still without its next AS president. During an appeal meeting Monday night, the AS board of directors voted to uphold an AS election board ruling that disqualified Western senior Tony Russo, a presidential candidate, for election code violations. Russo won the election, receiving 57 percent of the votes, but he will not assume his elected role. The board of directors scheduled a runoff election Wednesday between Russo's opponents, Western juniors Nick Cizek and Shannon Hutchinson. The winner will become the next AS president. The election code requires another election because neither Cizek nor Hutchinson received the 33 percent of votes necessary to be elected in a three-way race, said Rachel Zommick, Western senior and AS president. Russo said he would continue to lobby for issues such as extending the nighttime bus service at Western and reforming the election process. "I disagree strongly with the ruling, but continuing to fight it will only further damage the campus," Russo said. "You don't need a title to be a leader." The board of directors failed to pass a measure that would have overturned Russo's disqualification. They voted 3-2 against it at the Monday meeting, with Russo, the vice president for business and operations, and Peter Graves, the vice president for legislative affairs, abstaining. Russo said voting on his appeal would be a conflict of interest. Graves abstained becautte he said in a prepared statement that Russo threatened him during a conversation they had Friday, the day after the election board disqualified Russo. This prevented him from casting an unbiased vote, he said. Graves, who won re-election for VP for legislative affairs, said Russo told him to vote to overturn his disqualification or otherwise face a recall when Graves assumed office this summer. A successful recall, which would see BOARD, page 4 State bans tobacco companies from at concerts BY KELSEY DOSEN The Western Front New evidence from a study by the Washington State Department. of Health shows the smoking rates for people ages 18'to 29 in Washington state are holding steady at 28 percent, despite declines in other age groups. Starting Memorial Day weekend and continuing through the summer, the Health Department will attempt to reduce this rate by collaborating with House of Blues Concerts Inc., Pacific Northwest Region to educate people about the dangers of smoking. The Health Department has officially banned tobacco companies from promoting and distributing samples of cigarettes at concerts in Washington state for the outdoor concert season, said Tim Church^ communications director for the Washington State Department of Health. The plan between the Health Department and the House of Blues will be in effect for this outdoor concert season and will then be analyzed by the Department of Health and possibly put into effect again in the future, if the plan proves to be effective. "This is a really important and exciting idea," said Church. "You don't ever see state and government agencies working with concert promoters.'' People are still able to smoke at concerts, Church said. This see TOBACCO, page 4 Grant will fund second part of south campus construction BY MEGAN MULDARY The Western Front Western received a $51.4 million grant April 24 to build the new Academic Instructional Center, which will be located on south campus. The grant came from the Gardner- Photo courtesy of Gil Aiken Construction of the Academic Instructional Center will begin March 2006 on the south end of campus. Evans Higher Education Construction fund. Gil Aiken, the project manager for the building, said the Academic Instructional Center is the next major building project on campus. The building will house the psychology and communication sciences and disorders departments. The building will be located southwest of the Communications Facility. Aiken said this project will complete the second half of construction in the south campus area adjacent to the Communications Facility. The first half of the south campus project was the construction of the Communications Facility. Construction of the new building will start March 2006, Aiken said. Contractors at Opsis Architecture, who are designing the building, and Western officials are still discussing when the completionHate and scheduled opening of the building will be, he said. Aiken said the Academic Instructional Center will be approximately 120,000 square feet and will include two lecture halls, classrooms, computer labs and a collaborative learning center. Aiken said the center will be a learning and social environment for students and faculty to meet in at any time. He said the building will have group seating available and computer stations. Wireless data transmission will be available throughout the building for laptop use, he said. Dale Dinnel, professor and chair of the psychology department, said the new building will allow the department to have updated animal research facilities that will meet federal guidelines. He said the animal research facility could have a positive impact on the ability of the biological psychology faculty to obtain federal grants to support its research. Dinnel said the faculty currently uses crayfish, rats and mice for its research: The department will also have a student laboratory for animal research. Dinnel said students and faculty who use the counseling clinic will benefit from a new facility in the building. The current counseling clinic serves as a training facility see GRANT, page 5 OLD BELLINGHAM g g g g g g g ^ ^ g g g i Eldridge Avenue home contains years of Bellingham history. FEATURES, PAGE 8 parental consent endangers young CYCLE OF LIFE Western's cycling club to compete in Division II championships. SPORTS, PAGE 11 |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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