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WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY VOLUME 104 ISSUE 17 TUESDAY June 2,1998 BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Sisters of Color move into 21st century Women share views of political identity Conference opens with stories, poetry By Miliissa Brown The Western Front The Sisters of Color International conference began Friday night with Native American dancing, official speakers and poetry readings from a local Native American artist. More than 150 people attended the opening in the Viking Union Main Lounge, said Director of Women Studies Rosanne Kanhai. Kanhai said she felt it was important for this type of conference to take place in a homogenous community like Western.. "(The conference) is a strong voice to be heard by anyone who is listening," Kanhai - said. "It is important that this type of event is supported by the campus." The SOCI conference is a national event that rotates around the country, Kanhai said. Each time it is hosted somewhere, it integrates itself into the area, Kanhai said. The opening ceremonies included presentations from Vice Provost Ken Simes; Margaret Green, Chieftan of the Samish Indian Tribe; and tribal dancing and drumming by Chief John Cagey of the Lummi tribe with his wife and five grandchildren. Green shared her story of earning a degree from Evergreen State College in The Little Swan Dancers performed the Dance of the 1978 and continuing to fight for greater tne sisters of Color conference opening. education for her people. racism of a dominating white culture, Front/Matt Renschler Little People Friday night at Green expressed desire for Western to continue to educate students about her native lands. "The university should be a place to help people help themselves and make them grow," Green said. Provost Roland De Lorme formally opened the program. "Dr. De Lorme has always been a strong supporter (of women studies)," Kanhai said. "It was appropriate that someone from Western's faculty should welcome conference participants." Gail Tremblay of Olympia substituted for Mary Crow Dog, who was scheduled to be the featured speaker of the night. Tremblay read poetry concerning the toward Native American cultures. She began her readings with excerpts from Mary Crow Dog's book, Lakota Woman. She also read poems from her book, Indians Singing in 20th Century America. Kanhai said the conference was meant to be a gathering of people coming together regarding issues of color. The conference will be followed up by an anthology of participants' works. Kanhai said she is expecting an enthusiastic response for the publication that will be distributed in the fall. Front/Erin Fredrichs Angela Eun Ee Koh Gibson spoke Saturday. By Robin Skillings The Western Front Five women of color spoke about their personal experiences during a panel Saturday afternoon titled "The Politics of Identity" in Viking Addition 461-3. Angela Eun Ee Koh Gibson, an American Cultural Studies major, opened the panel with the background and history of her topic of discussion, "Involuntary Immigrants: Korean-American Adoptees." "... I'm a bad memory to my mother. I'm an embarrassment to my nation. I'm not sure where I was born. I am not sure who I am. I'm case 8,819," Gibson read from a Ji Sun Sjogren poem, "Seed from a Silence." The U.S. government, Gibson said, adopts Korean children as a humanitarian action to "save them from their poor living situations." She said the humanitarian theory is the most prominent issue for transracial adoptees. It is important for adopting families to know the children's situations and for children to have knowledge of their back-, grounds should they begin to ask, Gibson said. Adopted from Seoul Korea at the age of 2, Gibson said she views being Korean as only a "physical appearance." She traveled with her father to Korea at the age of 16. While there, she realized that "even though we shared the same color, I still didn't feel like I fit in ... due to my mannerisms." She continues to ask the questions, "Where do I fit in?" and, "Who am I accepted by?" Following Gibson's presentation, Touk Praseuthsy and Bopha Chan opened their discussion titled "Caught in a Culture Clash: Young Women Straddling South East Asia and America." Praseuthsy, a Western finance student, said, "The mom versus the daughter of the See Identity, -page 4 Western students saved from JWE headache By Ken Brierly and Julie Graham The Western Front A thorn in the side of many Western students was yanked out Monday by Western's Faculty Senate. "The Junior Writing Exam is eliminated" said Faculty Senate President Jim Hearne after a unanimous vote to remove the test, "effective immediately," from university requirements. "Hold your applause," he said. The change removes one hurdle in the graduation requirements for current students, Hearne said. Specifically, whether they've passed the JWE or not, students currently attending Western will now only be required to take a writing proficiency course in the process of fulfilling graduation requirements. Incoming freshmen and transfer students as of fall quarter 1999 will be bound by a new set of standards, which are yet to be finalized. The motion to eliminate the test came on the recommendation of the Academic Coordinating Commission, which received the recommendation from the Expository Writing Committee. Faculty have long seen limitations in the JWE, said Carmen Werder, consultant to the EWC. "I had students who would write beautiful things for me, then fail the JWE," said Diana Weymark, an economics professor who first came up with the idea of writing units three years ago. As part of its original recommendation to remove the JWE, the EWC suggested replacing the current writing proficiency requirements — both the JWE and the writing proficiency course — with classes that would supply one to three writing credits, depending on the amount of required writing in the class, said Thor Hansen, geology department chair; the geology department worked with the EWC to formulate the proposed new requirements. "Instead of having one class to satisfy a writing proficiency requirement," Hansen said, "you can have writing from several different disciplines" for writing proficiency credits. Under the proposed plan, a student would need a total of six writing units with a passing grade of "C" or better in order to graduate, Werder said. In their draft form, "writing units" would be credited as follows: Three units for a course in which 70 percent of the requirements are draft writing; two units for courses in which 50 percent of the course work is draft writing; and one unit for courses in which 30 percent is writing. "This will make it easier for sciences to come up with classes that count for writing proficiency," Hansen said. "But here's the ' See JWE, page 6
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Title | Western Front - 1998 June 2 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 104, no. 17 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1998-06-02 |
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 AnnMarie Coe Aaron Dahl Tom Degan Mark Dewar Jill Frewing Klaus Gosma Julie Graham Colin E. Howser Sarah Jones David Kearns Tim Klein Melissa Laing Steve Leslie Corey Lewis Dana Luthy Sara Magnuson Dan Miller Sarah Millington Sarah Mitchell Scott Morris Jenni Odekirk Shane Powell Matt Renschler Christine Root Craig Scott Robin Skillings Samantha Tretheway Greg Tyson Amy Vandall Beth Walker Tiffany White Matt Williams Carrie Wood |
Photographer |
Matt Renschler Erin Fredrichs Jesse Kinsman Shane Powell Tom Degan |
Faculty Advisor | Pete Steffens |
Article Titles | Sister of color move into 21st century (p.1) -- Conference opens with stories, poetry / by Millissa Brown (p.1) -- Women share views of political identity / by Robin Skillings (p.1) -- Western students saved from JWE headache / by Ken Brierly, Julie Graham (p.1) -- Cops box (p.2) -- Western briefs (p.2) -- Official announcements (p.2) -- Western review: 1972 (p.3) -- Faculty Senate adopts new recycled paper plan / by Erin Becker (p.3) -- Speaker says women must learn from each other / by Tiffany White (p.4) -- Background of the Sisters of Color conference (p.4) -- Development allows residents to make building decision / by Bryta Alvensleben (p.5) -- Skinny on the pending Microsoft lawsuits / by Corey Lewis (p.6) -- Quiet effectiveness of former teacher honored / by Sara Magnuson (p.6) -- Features (p.7) -- All of the danger and none of the pay / by Melissa Laing (p.7) -- Smooth sailing / by Tiffany White (p.8) -- To serve and protect / by Amy Vandall (p.9) -- Innovative program / by Amy Vandall (p.9) -- Sports (p.10) -- Western sailor waits for winds, then wins / by Millissa Brown (p.10) -- Tae Kwon Do's and don't's / by Craig Scott (p.11) -- Intramural championships / by Klaus Gosma (p.12) -- Sprinkles eclipses Sundogs / by Catherine Anderson (p.12) -- Western hosts Frisbee golf tourney / by Erika Ahlstrom (p.12) -- Opinions (p.14) -- Frontline (p.14) -- Letters (p.14) -- Classified (p.15) |
Photographs | Little Swan Dancers (p.1) -- Angela Eun Ee Koh Gibson (p.1) -- [Man bares the truth of hitchhiking] (p.3) -- Miriam Ching (p.4) -- Kathleen Heft, Kate Nichols, Emily (p.5) -- Bill Gates / courtesy of the History of Computing web page (p.6) -- K.C. Bodily (p.8) -- Officer Cari Scholl (p.9) -- Keladi / courtesy of Geoff Chamness (p.10) -- John Streeter (p.12) -- Samantha Tretheway (p.14) |
Cartoons | [Let's see here] / 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 June 2 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1998-06-02 |
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 17 TUESDAY June 2,1998 BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Sisters of Color move into 21st century Women share views of political identity Conference opens with stories, poetry By Miliissa Brown The Western Front The Sisters of Color International conference began Friday night with Native American dancing, official speakers and poetry readings from a local Native American artist. More than 150 people attended the opening in the Viking Union Main Lounge, said Director of Women Studies Rosanne Kanhai. Kanhai said she felt it was important for this type of conference to take place in a homogenous community like Western.. "(The conference) is a strong voice to be heard by anyone who is listening," Kanhai - said. "It is important that this type of event is supported by the campus." The SOCI conference is a national event that rotates around the country, Kanhai said. Each time it is hosted somewhere, it integrates itself into the area, Kanhai said. The opening ceremonies included presentations from Vice Provost Ken Simes; Margaret Green, Chieftan of the Samish Indian Tribe; and tribal dancing and drumming by Chief John Cagey of the Lummi tribe with his wife and five grandchildren. Green shared her story of earning a degree from Evergreen State College in The Little Swan Dancers performed the Dance of the 1978 and continuing to fight for greater tne sisters of Color conference opening. education for her people. racism of a dominating white culture, Front/Matt Renschler Little People Friday night at Green expressed desire for Western to continue to educate students about her native lands. "The university should be a place to help people help themselves and make them grow," Green said. Provost Roland De Lorme formally opened the program. "Dr. De Lorme has always been a strong supporter (of women studies)," Kanhai said. "It was appropriate that someone from Western's faculty should welcome conference participants." Gail Tremblay of Olympia substituted for Mary Crow Dog, who was scheduled to be the featured speaker of the night. Tremblay read poetry concerning the toward Native American cultures. She began her readings with excerpts from Mary Crow Dog's book, Lakota Woman. She also read poems from her book, Indians Singing in 20th Century America. Kanhai said the conference was meant to be a gathering of people coming together regarding issues of color. The conference will be followed up by an anthology of participants' works. Kanhai said she is expecting an enthusiastic response for the publication that will be distributed in the fall. Front/Erin Fredrichs Angela Eun Ee Koh Gibson spoke Saturday. By Robin Skillings The Western Front Five women of color spoke about their personal experiences during a panel Saturday afternoon titled "The Politics of Identity" in Viking Addition 461-3. Angela Eun Ee Koh Gibson, an American Cultural Studies major, opened the panel with the background and history of her topic of discussion, "Involuntary Immigrants: Korean-American Adoptees." "... I'm a bad memory to my mother. I'm an embarrassment to my nation. I'm not sure where I was born. I am not sure who I am. I'm case 8,819," Gibson read from a Ji Sun Sjogren poem, "Seed from a Silence." The U.S. government, Gibson said, adopts Korean children as a humanitarian action to "save them from their poor living situations." She said the humanitarian theory is the most prominent issue for transracial adoptees. It is important for adopting families to know the children's situations and for children to have knowledge of their back-, grounds should they begin to ask, Gibson said. Adopted from Seoul Korea at the age of 2, Gibson said she views being Korean as only a "physical appearance." She traveled with her father to Korea at the age of 16. While there, she realized that "even though we shared the same color, I still didn't feel like I fit in ... due to my mannerisms." She continues to ask the questions, "Where do I fit in?" and, "Who am I accepted by?" Following Gibson's presentation, Touk Praseuthsy and Bopha Chan opened their discussion titled "Caught in a Culture Clash: Young Women Straddling South East Asia and America." Praseuthsy, a Western finance student, said, "The mom versus the daughter of the See Identity, -page 4 Western students saved from JWE headache By Ken Brierly and Julie Graham The Western Front A thorn in the side of many Western students was yanked out Monday by Western's Faculty Senate. "The Junior Writing Exam is eliminated" said Faculty Senate President Jim Hearne after a unanimous vote to remove the test, "effective immediately," from university requirements. "Hold your applause," he said. The change removes one hurdle in the graduation requirements for current students, Hearne said. Specifically, whether they've passed the JWE or not, students currently attending Western will now only be required to take a writing proficiency course in the process of fulfilling graduation requirements. Incoming freshmen and transfer students as of fall quarter 1999 will be bound by a new set of standards, which are yet to be finalized. The motion to eliminate the test came on the recommendation of the Academic Coordinating Commission, which received the recommendation from the Expository Writing Committee. Faculty have long seen limitations in the JWE, said Carmen Werder, consultant to the EWC. "I had students who would write beautiful things for me, then fail the JWE," said Diana Weymark, an economics professor who first came up with the idea of writing units three years ago. As part of its original recommendation to remove the JWE, the EWC suggested replacing the current writing proficiency requirements — both the JWE and the writing proficiency course — with classes that would supply one to three writing credits, depending on the amount of required writing in the class, said Thor Hansen, geology department chair; the geology department worked with the EWC to formulate the proposed new requirements. "Instead of having one class to satisfy a writing proficiency requirement," Hansen said, "you can have writing from several different disciplines" for writing proficiency credits. Under the proposed plan, a student would need a total of six writing units with a passing grade of "C" or better in order to graduate, Werder said. In their draft form, "writing units" would be credited as follows: Three units for a course in which 70 percent of the requirements are draft writing; two units for courses in which 50 percent of the course work is draft writing; and one unit for courses in which 30 percent is writing. "This will make it easier for sciences to come up with classes that count for writing proficiency," Hansen said. "But here's the ' See JWE, page 6 |
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Language Code | Eng |
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