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WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY VOLUME 104 ISSUE 6 TUESDAY April 21,1998 BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Students try to educate Western Front/Erin Fredrichs A conglomerate of Western students weaves its way through Red Square during a hate crime awareness march between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Monday. The march was meant to inform and educate other students about the hate crime that occurred two weeks ago. By Samantha Tretheway The Western Front Monday, Memory Lane was more than bricks and marble commemorating Western graduates from 1912-1997; it was the starting point of a march for awareness and education. A small group marched from Memory Lane toward Huxley College and came back to Red Square Monday during lunch. After a recent hate-bias crime on campus, involving a man yelling the word "dyke" while throwing a rock at a woman's head, some students realized they didn't know what policies were in place if they were victims of a hate-bias crime, said Ryan Hawkes, a participant in the march. Participants carried signs asking students, "What defines a hate crime?" and chanting, "Education, not blame." "I didn't really think it happened at Western; I-guess I was just unaware," said a Western student named Sarah. "Isn't that what a liberal arts school is about — education?" asked Terry Cook, a business and accounting major, after the students passed her with their signs. "They're just bringing attention to one of society's extremely offensive ways of acting out," she said. "This is America, right? — freedom of speech as long as you're not hurting anyone else physically," she said. Alan Bender, an accounting major, agreed that the marchers had a right to do what they wanted. A male student who saw the marchers said he was confused about "who they're trying to educate or what they're trying to educate about." Hawkes said the march was about raising awareness and educating people about what a hate crime is so they know what to do if they experience a hate crime. If the victim of a hate-bias crime reports the incident immediately to the campus police, their policy is to begin the investigation by interviewing the victim and any witnesses, University Chief of Police David Doughty said. The investigation is usually "case-specific," he said. Initial reactions depend on how soon a case is reported. "You do an initial investigation as you would with any other crime," Garcia said. "There has to be an intent ... motivation for the crime is the bias, even if (the perpetrator) is incorrect." After writing a report, the officer takes photographs of the crime scene and immediately calls Theodore Pratt, the director of Student Support Services, who directs the officer toward what might be appropriate in such a sensitive situation, Doughty said. When a recent hate-bias crime involving a woman on campus was reported, the incident report that was available to the public neglected to mention that the assailant yelled the word "dyke" before he threw a rock at her head. Doughty did not think the oversight was intentional because it was part of the report available to police officers. However, he said, "in this case, it is a very salient point and probably should be in the summary." Lieutenant Dae Jamison of the Bellingham Police Department said he was aware of the assault but didn't know how he was aware of it. University Police shares information with the BPD and has the authority to enforce city ordinances but is in no way subordinate to BPD or its policies and procedures, Doughty said. "We would tell them and they would tell us ... but it's not an obligation," he said. However, Doughty said campus police worked successfully with BPD on a malicious harassment and assault case three years ago, when a group of white supremacist skinheads beat up a group of African Americans off campus. See Educate, -page 4 Faculty voices concerns to Morse, De Lorme By Ken Brierly The Western Front Western President Karen Morse listened Monday toquestions raised by members of the Faculty Senate concerning last month's perceived firing of Arts and Sciences Dean Peter Elich and said she intends to write a letter to faculty addressing the grievances raised. Some said they felt Morse needed to openly address the questions many faculty had regarding what really happened during the week of March 16 — the week Elich was supposedly fired, effective August 1998, and rehired to counter enormous protest from several chairs and faculty. The protesters complained Elich's dismissal was in contempt of the school's process of shared governance, among other things. Conflicting information has been circulating around campus via administrative and committee memorandums and in the faculty newsletter, FAST. Morse and Provost Roland De Lorme say according to letters they wrote to the faculty, Elich was never fired — he only believed he had been fired due to miscommunication between he and De Lorme. Members of the Dean's Advisory Council Steering Committee, Psychology Chair Ron Kleinknecht, Liberal Studies Chair Bill Stoever and Chemistry Chair Mark Wicholas, said just the opposite in a memo dated April 9 in regard to a closed meeting De Lorme held with the Arts and Sciences chairs: "In this meeting he stated that he had indeed on Monday, March 16, contrary to accepted principle and procedure, requested the resignation of Dean Elich effective August 1998. He further stated that he understood this to be a directive to him from President Morse." De Lorme refers to the contents of that letter as "regrettable," but he would not elaborate yesterday. Kleinknecht stands by the interpretation of the meeting written in the letter by the members of the DAC Steering Committee-that Morse asked De Lorme to ask for Elich's August resignation. "We (faculty) want some open forum that will answer the questions," Kleinknecht said. Some of the explanations faculty may get from Morse's letter include: how such a lack of communication "concerning an action of such major impact," could have occurred and why it took four days before the dean was reassured he still had his job. "On March 16, the provost has a meeting with the dean; the dean believes he has been asked for early retirement," said man- See Morse, page 3
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Title | Western Front - 1998 April 21 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 104, no. 6 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1998-04-21 |
Year Published | 1998 |
Original Publisher | Western Washington University |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Editor |
Kristen T. Paulson, editor David Plakos, managing editor Wendy Giroux, news editor Kevin Rus, news editor Caroline Deck, features editor Aleesha Towns, features editor Karl Horeis, accent editor Todd Wanke, accent editor John Bankston, sports editor Jenni Long, sports editor Mike Dashiell, opinions editor Amy Christiansen, copy editor Erin Fredrichs, photo editor Jesse Kinsman, assistant photo editor Matt Jaffe, online editor Katherine Schiffner, online editor Chad Crowe, cartoonist |
Staff |
Teari Brown, business manager Seymour, mascot Reporters : Erika Ahlstrom Bryta Alvensleben Catherine Anderson Erin Armstrong Erin Becker Barney Benedictson Andy Bittner Ken Brierly Millissa Brown Katy Calbreath Ernesto Cardenas Dave Chesson AnnMarie Coe Aaron Dahl Tom Degan Mark Dewar Jill Frewing Klaus Gosma Julie Graham Justin Hall Colin E. Howser Sarah Jones David Kearns Steve Leslie Corey Lewis Dana Luthy Sara Magnuson Dan Miller Sarah Millington Sarah Mitchell Scott Morris Cindy Nunley Jenni Odekirk Shane Powell Matt Renschler Christine Root Craig Scott Robin Skillings Samantha Tretheway Greg Tyson Amy Vandall Jonathan Vann Beth Walker Tiffany White Matt Williams Carrie Wood |
Photographer |
Erin Fredrichs Catherine Anderson Shane Powell Jesse Kinsman Tim Klein Tom Degan Barney Benedictson |
Faculty Advisor | Pete Steffens |
Article Titles | Students try to educate Western / by Samantha Tretheway (p.1) -- Faculty voices concerns to Morse, De Lorme / by Ken Brierly (p.1) -- Cops box (p.2) -- Western briefs (p.2) -- Official announcements (p.2) -- Western review: 1985 (p.3) -- Legalize pot? / by Millissa Brown (p.4) -- Bellingham gets medieval (p.4) -- KUGS honored for artistic quality / by Colin E. Howser (p.4) -- World press gathers to hear political challenges of Lummi Nation / by Jenni Odekirk (p.4) -- Tibetan advocates take long strides for freedom / by Shane Powell (p.5) -- History of conflict in Tibet (p.5) -- Nike runs into protest at Bellis Fair Mall / by Matt Williams (p.6) -- Features (p.7) -- Let's talk about sex / by Jill Frewing (p.7) -- Swinging in the breeze / by Sara Magnuson (p.8) -- Caught between rock and a hard place / by Erika Ahlstrom (p.9) -- Sports (p.10) -- Fore! / by Corey Lewis (p.10) -- Slippery when wet (p.10) -- Viking volleyball nets ninth in nation / by Catherine Anderson (p.10) -- Western's women ruggers whip Washington State / by Aaron Dahl (p.11) -- Softball swats Central, Saint Martin's / by David Kearns (p.12) -- Opinions (p.13) -- Letters (p.13) -- Frontline (p.14) -- Classified (p.15) |
Photographs | [Hate crime awareness march] (p.1) -- [Viking VIII, 1985] (p.3) -- Max Sumner (p.4) -- [Advocates march for Tibet] (p.5) -- [Advocates for the boycott of Nike products] (p.6) -- Lisa Danz (p.7) -- A.J. Lear (p.8) -- Andy Syltabo (p.8) -- Garregt Madison (p.9) -- J.D. Rushton (p.10) -- Devon Fliss (p.12) -- Craig Scott (p.13) -- Corey Lewis (p.14) -- Dan Miller (p.15) |
Cartoons | [At no time did I ever intend to engage the cherry tree] / by Chad Crowe (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 | 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 - 1998 April 21 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1998-04-21 |
Year Published | 1998 |
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 | WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY VOLUME 104 ISSUE 6 TUESDAY April 21,1998 BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Students try to educate Western Front/Erin Fredrichs A conglomerate of Western students weaves its way through Red Square during a hate crime awareness march between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Monday. The march was meant to inform and educate other students about the hate crime that occurred two weeks ago. By Samantha Tretheway The Western Front Monday, Memory Lane was more than bricks and marble commemorating Western graduates from 1912-1997; it was the starting point of a march for awareness and education. A small group marched from Memory Lane toward Huxley College and came back to Red Square Monday during lunch. After a recent hate-bias crime on campus, involving a man yelling the word "dyke" while throwing a rock at a woman's head, some students realized they didn't know what policies were in place if they were victims of a hate-bias crime, said Ryan Hawkes, a participant in the march. Participants carried signs asking students, "What defines a hate crime?" and chanting, "Education, not blame." "I didn't really think it happened at Western; I-guess I was just unaware," said a Western student named Sarah. "Isn't that what a liberal arts school is about — education?" asked Terry Cook, a business and accounting major, after the students passed her with their signs. "They're just bringing attention to one of society's extremely offensive ways of acting out," she said. "This is America, right? — freedom of speech as long as you're not hurting anyone else physically," she said. Alan Bender, an accounting major, agreed that the marchers had a right to do what they wanted. A male student who saw the marchers said he was confused about "who they're trying to educate or what they're trying to educate about." Hawkes said the march was about raising awareness and educating people about what a hate crime is so they know what to do if they experience a hate crime. If the victim of a hate-bias crime reports the incident immediately to the campus police, their policy is to begin the investigation by interviewing the victim and any witnesses, University Chief of Police David Doughty said. The investigation is usually "case-specific," he said. Initial reactions depend on how soon a case is reported. "You do an initial investigation as you would with any other crime," Garcia said. "There has to be an intent ... motivation for the crime is the bias, even if (the perpetrator) is incorrect." After writing a report, the officer takes photographs of the crime scene and immediately calls Theodore Pratt, the director of Student Support Services, who directs the officer toward what might be appropriate in such a sensitive situation, Doughty said. When a recent hate-bias crime involving a woman on campus was reported, the incident report that was available to the public neglected to mention that the assailant yelled the word "dyke" before he threw a rock at her head. Doughty did not think the oversight was intentional because it was part of the report available to police officers. However, he said, "in this case, it is a very salient point and probably should be in the summary." Lieutenant Dae Jamison of the Bellingham Police Department said he was aware of the assault but didn't know how he was aware of it. University Police shares information with the BPD and has the authority to enforce city ordinances but is in no way subordinate to BPD or its policies and procedures, Doughty said. "We would tell them and they would tell us ... but it's not an obligation," he said. However, Doughty said campus police worked successfully with BPD on a malicious harassment and assault case three years ago, when a group of white supremacist skinheads beat up a group of African Americans off campus. See Educate, -page 4 Faculty voices concerns to Morse, De Lorme By Ken Brierly The Western Front Western President Karen Morse listened Monday toquestions raised by members of the Faculty Senate concerning last month's perceived firing of Arts and Sciences Dean Peter Elich and said she intends to write a letter to faculty addressing the grievances raised. Some said they felt Morse needed to openly address the questions many faculty had regarding what really happened during the week of March 16 — the week Elich was supposedly fired, effective August 1998, and rehired to counter enormous protest from several chairs and faculty. The protesters complained Elich's dismissal was in contempt of the school's process of shared governance, among other things. Conflicting information has been circulating around campus via administrative and committee memorandums and in the faculty newsletter, FAST. Morse and Provost Roland De Lorme say according to letters they wrote to the faculty, Elich was never fired — he only believed he had been fired due to miscommunication between he and De Lorme. Members of the Dean's Advisory Council Steering Committee, Psychology Chair Ron Kleinknecht, Liberal Studies Chair Bill Stoever and Chemistry Chair Mark Wicholas, said just the opposite in a memo dated April 9 in regard to a closed meeting De Lorme held with the Arts and Sciences chairs: "In this meeting he stated that he had indeed on Monday, March 16, contrary to accepted principle and procedure, requested the resignation of Dean Elich effective August 1998. He further stated that he understood this to be a directive to him from President Morse." De Lorme refers to the contents of that letter as "regrettable," but he would not elaborate yesterday. Kleinknecht stands by the interpretation of the meeting written in the letter by the members of the DAC Steering Committee-that Morse asked De Lorme to ask for Elich's August resignation. "We (faculty) want some open forum that will answer the questions," Kleinknecht said. Some of the explanations faculty may get from Morse's letter include: how such a lack of communication "concerning an action of such major impact," could have occurred and why it took four days before the dean was reassured he still had his job. "On March 16, the provost has a meeting with the dean; the dean believes he has been asked for early retirement," said man- See Morse, page 3 |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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