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Friday, May 7,1999 The Western Front Western Washington University Volume 108 Issue 11 Bellingham, Washington
Cox next
A.S. prez;
election race
still not final
By Tiff a n y White
THE WESTERN FRONT
The Associated Students
runoff elections results may be
tallied; however, another grievance
prevents one candidate
from celebrating victory.
The unofficial results compiled
Wednesday night declared Victor
Cox as the 1999-2000 A.S. president
with 52.91 percent, 491
votes.
Students selected Rafael
Castaneda as the vice president
for Academic Affairs. He won the
runoff race with 53.21 percent,
448 votes.
Approximately 9 percent (958
students), of students voted in
the runoff election, according to
the unofficial A.S. results. '
Castaneda won the first race
and the runoff race, but his victory
is still not certain. David
Mclvor, vice presidential candidate
for Academic Affairs, filed
another grievance Wednesday.
"I am not grasping every little;
bit of grievance I can find to get
myself placed in that position,"
Mclvor said. "I'm merely bringing
it to the attention of the
g r i e v a n c e c o u n c i l ."
Mclvor said Castaneda violated
the A.S. elections code and
misinformed students with his
campaign.
"He had signs posted that stated
're-elect Rafael' and these go
against the code," he said.
The A.S. Elections Board voided
the first election results when
See ELECTION, page 4
The sounds of Cinco De Mayo
Barney Benedictson/The Western Front
Groupo Alma, from Fresco, Calif., performed in Fairhaven Auditorium on Cinco De Mayo.
Tjjj.e band members are (from left to right) Patricia Wells, Agustin Lira and Ravi ^nypstra. !
Hispanic culture celebrated
^ByKatriria M. Tyrrell
THE WESTERN FRONT
Chicano culture was brought
to life through music and narrative
Wednesday night as
about 50 Western students,
staff and community members
gathered in the Fairhaven
auditorium to celebrate Cinco
de Mayo.
El Teatro - Movimiento, a
group of 10 students from last
quarter's Chicano Social
Movement class, began the celebration
with its play "The
Salsa Bowl/' Colorful "slides
accompanied the play featuring
pictures of Chicano murals and
photographs of Mexican-
Americans and past leaders
who captured the spirit and
history of Chicano culture. The
play was a series of six poems,
finishing with "I Am Joaquin,"
a poem about a journey through
history and a search for one
person's identity. One by one,
the actors united with one voice
to powerfully deliver this poem.
Movimiento Estudiantil
Chic-ano de Azlan hosted the
event^ which featured" a performance
by Alma, an all-acoustic
musical ensemble from
California which used narrative
and song to tell "CHICANO!
500 Years of Struggle,"
the history of Mexican-
Americans.
Patricia Wells Solorzano,
lead guitarist and vocalist of
Alma, said she feels people
need to be exposed to Latino
history and feel pride in their
Latino heritage.
See CELEBRATION, page 4
Non-student-related offices to be moved off cam
By Holly Hinterberger
THE WESTERN FRONT
In an effort to establish more
classroom space at Western, non-student-
related offices are being
moved off campus. The move will
result in an additional 14,000
square feet for instruction purposes.
Some of the offices will move to
a Western-owned building on
Chestnut Street. The rest will go
to a building Western is in the
process of acquiring. Interim
Provost Dennis Murphy said he
hopes to complete the process by
fall quarter.
The names of all the offices
that will move have not been
released.
"Students and faculty are well
aware that we are going through
a pretty pronounced space
crunch," Murphy said.
Every year Western acquires
See SPACE, page 4
Zinn criticizes Constitution, praises social movements
Nick Haiiey/The Western Front
Howard Zinn
By Amanda Hashimoto
The Western Front
Howard Zinn credited social change to
popular movements rather than government
action in his speech about social change and
the. Constitution Wednesday night in the
Performing Arts Center.
The lecture, sponsored by Associated
Students Productions Social Issues, featured
Zinn, historian and author of the book, "A
People's History of the United States," which
sold 350,000 copies.
"There are many limitations to the
Constitution," Zinn said. .The Constitution is
held as a great work but in reality it does not
apply to the interests of all people so it is
limited, he said.
Those who wrote it were the elite and had
themselves in mind, Zinn said. It was created
to keep people under control and to provide
for the interests of the elite.
The Constitution didn't prohibit
European-Americans from encroaching on
Native American lands or enslaving African
Americans, he said.
"I appreciate the frank view he presented
about the constitution and the context it was
written and the glorified way it is portrayed,"
junior Towela Nyirenda said.
Social movements, rather than the
Constitution, create democracy, Zinn said.
See ZINN, page 3
Professor
evaluations
may soon
be online
By Matt Jaffe
THE WESTERN FRONT
The Associated Students
Online Evaluation Committee
meets Thursday to finalize a
•proposal that would make faculty
evaluations available
online.
A.S. Vice President of
Academic Affairs Victor Cox
said this program would be
independent of the current
teacher evaluations. The online
evaluation would be voluntary.
"We're working to get it
through the university with our
own questions," Cox said.
Committee Chair Nova
Gattman said the questions
would be similar to those on the
written evaluation.
Some of the questions would
ask students to rate professors
for organization, effectiveness
of teaching methods, approach-ability
and the difficulty level of
work assigned.
The A.S. is working to get the
evaluations linked to Western's
home page, Cox said, adding
that distinct advantages exist
with the link.
He said more students would
be able to participate if they
could easily find the evaluation
forms. Cox said the A.S. hopes
to link the results to the online
ClassFinder so students can
look at a professor's evaluation
when they use ClassFinder to
search for open classes.
"I'm hoping (to open the site)
for late next fall quarter," Cox
said. "People need to express
the way they feel."
See EVALUATIONS, page 4
IN THIS ISSUE
Three man circus
The Incognito
Traveling Circus
started when
its members
d i s c o v e r e d
they had talents
such as
juggling knives.
Story page 6.
Men's golf advances
to nationals
Led by senior Joel Skarbo
Western's mens golf team
finished second at the
NCAA Division II West
Regional Championship. The
team will travel to Valdosta,
Ga., to compete in nationals.
Story page 9.
FROM ONLINE
http: / / westernfront.vvwu.edu
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| Title | Western Front - 1999 May 7 |
| Volume and Number | Vol. 108, no. 11 |
| Date Published (machine-readable) | 1999-05-07 |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Original Publisher | Western Washington University |
| Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
| Editor |
John Bankston, editor Tyler Watson, managing editor Erin Becker, copy editor Bryta Alvensleben, copy editor Mia Penta, copy editor Kayley Mendenhall, copy editor Alyssa Pfau, news editor Jenni Odekirk, news editor Steven Uhles, accent/features editor Todd Wanke, accent/features editor Sports Editors: Colin Howser, sports editor Curt Woodard, sports editor Karl Horeis, opinions editor Barney Benedictson, photo editor Nick Haney, assistant photo editor Matt Williams, online editor |
| Staff |
Chad Crowe, cartoonist Sarah Kulfan, cartoonist Teari Brown, business manager Staff Reporters : Lisa Beck Chris Blake Monica Bell April Busch Sarah Buckwitz Kimberly Blair Sara Ballenger Christi Croft Lisa Curdy Tiffaney Campell Chris Christian Duane Dales Liz Doolittle Chris Fuller Andy Faubion Kelly Ferguson Chris Goodenow Julie Hemphill Kristen Hawley Alex Hennesy Amanda Hashimoto Sabrina Johnson Remy Kissel Scott Lamont Jenni Long Jeff Lechtanski Corey Lewis Meredith Lofberg Krisun Marquardt Siobhan Millhouse Rachimah Magnuson Sara Magnuson Jaime Martin Jackie Mercurio Kari McGinnis Erica Oakley Meghan Pattee Daniel Peters Laura Query Natalie Quick Derrick Scheid Emily Santolla Christie Shepard Dave Shepperd Bobby Stone Aaron Snel Kathryn Stephens Jen True Jay Tarpinian Katrina Tyrell Carrie Van Driel Joseph Wiederhold Chris Worth Sarah Webb Steve Wiens Linnea Westerlind Craig Yantis Janis Yi Laura Zimmerman |
| Photographer |
Barney Benedictson Nick Haney Chris Fuller Chris Goodenow Bobby Stone Jay Tarpinian |
| Faculty Advisor | Lyle Harris |
| Article Titles | Cox next A.S. prez; election race still not final / by Tiffany White (p.1) -- Hispanic culture celebrated / by Katrina M. Tyrrell (p.1) -- Professor evaluations may soon be online / by Matt Jaffe (p.1) -- Non-student-related offices to be moved off campus / by Holly Hinterberger (p.1) -- Zinn criticizes Constitution, praises social movements / by Amanda Hashimoto (p.1) -- Cops Box (p.2) -- AP Wire News Briefs (p.2) -- Bellingham Weather (p.2) -- WWU Official Announcements (p.2) -- Protecting natural resources a concern as state population grows / by Julie Graham (p.3) -- Campus Calendar (p.3) -- Former student donates $5,000 to art department / by Holly Hinterberger (p.4) -- Strange Days (p.4) -- Second City Comedy for the masses / by Scott LaMont (p.5) -- Teen Esteem / by Holly Hinterberger (p.5) -- Traveling Incognito / by Chris Goodenow (p.6) -- Western's other art / by Bobby Stone (p.7) -- Cinema alternative / by Julie Hemphill (p.7) -- Kickin' it out / by Aaron Snel (p.8) -- Phinney reflects on fastpitch, past and future / by Erica Oakley (p.8) -- Athletes of the week awarded (p.8) -- No ice is nice / by Jaime Martin (p.9) -- Golfers swinging wood at nationals / by Chris Blake (p.9) -- Frontline (p.10) -- Death penalty flawed but necessary for real justice / by Sabrina Johnson (p.10) -- Death penalty - often racist - is barbarous / by Kathryn Stephens (p.10) -- Letters (p.11) |
| Photographs | Patricia Wells, Agustin Lira, Ravi Knypstra (p.1) -- Howard Zinn (p.1) -- [Aerial photo of Lake Whatcom 1969, 1999] (p.3) -- Howard Zinn (p.3) -- Victor Cox (p.4) -- [The Second City] (p.5) -- Aaron Carson (p.6) -- Aaron Carson, Brian Stabile, Simon Jaynes (p.6) -- The Pickford Cinema (p.7) -- Vivian Lee (p.8) -- [Underwater hockey club] (p.9) -- Sabrina Johnson (p.10) -- Kathryn Stephens (p.10) |
| Cartoons | [Death Penalty] (p.10) -- [Certainly more convincing than chalking] (p.11) |
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| Title | Western Front - 1999 May 7 - Page 1 |
| Date Published (machine-readable) | 1999-05-07 |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| 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 | Friday, May 7,1999 The Western Front Western Washington University Volume 108 Issue 11 Bellingham, Washington Cox next A.S. prez; election race still not final By Tiff a n y White THE WESTERN FRONT The Associated Students runoff elections results may be tallied; however, another grievance prevents one candidate from celebrating victory. The unofficial results compiled Wednesday night declared Victor Cox as the 1999-2000 A.S. president with 52.91 percent, 491 votes. Students selected Rafael Castaneda as the vice president for Academic Affairs. He won the runoff race with 53.21 percent, 448 votes. Approximately 9 percent (958 students), of students voted in the runoff election, according to the unofficial A.S. results. ' Castaneda won the first race and the runoff race, but his victory is still not certain. David Mclvor, vice presidential candidate for Academic Affairs, filed another grievance Wednesday. "I am not grasping every little; bit of grievance I can find to get myself placed in that position," Mclvor said. "I'm merely bringing it to the attention of the g r i e v a n c e c o u n c i l ." Mclvor said Castaneda violated the A.S. elections code and misinformed students with his campaign. "He had signs posted that stated 're-elect Rafael' and these go against the code," he said. The A.S. Elections Board voided the first election results when See ELECTION, page 4 The sounds of Cinco De Mayo Barney Benedictson/The Western Front Groupo Alma, from Fresco, Calif., performed in Fairhaven Auditorium on Cinco De Mayo. Tjjj.e band members are (from left to right) Patricia Wells, Agustin Lira and Ravi ^nypstra. ! Hispanic culture celebrated ^ByKatriria M. Tyrrell THE WESTERN FRONT Chicano culture was brought to life through music and narrative Wednesday night as about 50 Western students, staff and community members gathered in the Fairhaven auditorium to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. El Teatro - Movimiento, a group of 10 students from last quarter's Chicano Social Movement class, began the celebration with its play "The Salsa Bowl/' Colorful "slides accompanied the play featuring pictures of Chicano murals and photographs of Mexican- Americans and past leaders who captured the spirit and history of Chicano culture. The play was a series of six poems, finishing with "I Am Joaquin," a poem about a journey through history and a search for one person's identity. One by one, the actors united with one voice to powerfully deliver this poem. Movimiento Estudiantil Chic-ano de Azlan hosted the event^ which featured" a performance by Alma, an all-acoustic musical ensemble from California which used narrative and song to tell "CHICANO! 500 Years of Struggle," the history of Mexican- Americans. Patricia Wells Solorzano, lead guitarist and vocalist of Alma, said she feels people need to be exposed to Latino history and feel pride in their Latino heritage. See CELEBRATION, page 4 Non-student-related offices to be moved off cam By Holly Hinterberger THE WESTERN FRONT In an effort to establish more classroom space at Western, non-student- related offices are being moved off campus. The move will result in an additional 14,000 square feet for instruction purposes. Some of the offices will move to a Western-owned building on Chestnut Street. The rest will go to a building Western is in the process of acquiring. Interim Provost Dennis Murphy said he hopes to complete the process by fall quarter. The names of all the offices that will move have not been released. "Students and faculty are well aware that we are going through a pretty pronounced space crunch," Murphy said. Every year Western acquires See SPACE, page 4 Zinn criticizes Constitution, praises social movements Nick Haiiey/The Western Front Howard Zinn By Amanda Hashimoto The Western Front Howard Zinn credited social change to popular movements rather than government action in his speech about social change and the. Constitution Wednesday night in the Performing Arts Center. The lecture, sponsored by Associated Students Productions Social Issues, featured Zinn, historian and author of the book, "A People's History of the United States," which sold 350,000 copies. "There are many limitations to the Constitution," Zinn said. .The Constitution is held as a great work but in reality it does not apply to the interests of all people so it is limited, he said. Those who wrote it were the elite and had themselves in mind, Zinn said. It was created to keep people under control and to provide for the interests of the elite. The Constitution didn't prohibit European-Americans from encroaching on Native American lands or enslaving African Americans, he said. "I appreciate the frank view he presented about the constitution and the context it was written and the glorified way it is portrayed," junior Towela Nyirenda said. Social movements, rather than the Constitution, create democracy, Zinn said. See ZINN, page 3 Professor evaluations may soon be online By Matt Jaffe THE WESTERN FRONT The Associated Students Online Evaluation Committee meets Thursday to finalize a •proposal that would make faculty evaluations available online. A.S. Vice President of Academic Affairs Victor Cox said this program would be independent of the current teacher evaluations. The online evaluation would be voluntary. "We're working to get it through the university with our own questions," Cox said. Committee Chair Nova Gattman said the questions would be similar to those on the written evaluation. Some of the questions would ask students to rate professors for organization, effectiveness of teaching methods, approach-ability and the difficulty level of work assigned. The A.S. is working to get the evaluations linked to Western's home page, Cox said, adding that distinct advantages exist with the link. He said more students would be able to participate if they could easily find the evaluation forms. Cox said the A.S. hopes to link the results to the online ClassFinder so students can look at a professor's evaluation when they use ClassFinder to search for open classes. "I'm hoping (to open the site) for late next fall quarter," Cox said. "People need to express the way they feel." See EVALUATIONS, page 4 IN THIS ISSUE Three man circus The Incognito Traveling Circus started when its members d i s c o v e r e d they had talents such as juggling knives. Story page 6. Men's golf advances to nationals Led by senior Joel Skarbo Western's mens golf team finished second at the NCAA Division II West Regional Championship. The team will travel to Valdosta, Ga., to compete in nationals. Story page 9. FROM ONLINE http: / / westernfront.vvwu.edu |
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