Western Front - 1985 November 22

              WESTERN FRONl VOL. 77, NO. 55 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, BELLINGHAM, WA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1985
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athletics task force
By Craig Daly
Student proposals to form an
athletic department task force to
investigate which intercollegiate
sports should continue to receive
university funding has. been
tabled by Western Vice President
for Student Affairs Joan
Sherwood.
Sherwood said she questioned
students'jurisdiction in the mat­ter
following a recent structure
change directly linking athletics
to Western Presiderit G. Robert
Ross.
But after reviewing the change
with Ross, Sherwood said the
student proposal is valid.
"(Ross) didn't see any reason
to change it," Sherwood said,
"It's how (the University Services
Council) chooses to pursue it.
(USC) could appoint a separate
committee, make a recommen­dation
to Ross, to the AS Board,
or give it to the Athletic and
Recreation Committee."
Members of the University
Services Council will decide
Tuesday whether to pursue such
a task force, said USC Director
Michael James.
James said he proposed the
task-force because a similar
investigative committee in 1980-
81 suggested Western athletics be
reviewed every five years.
The former six-member com­mittee,
composed of students
and faculty, attempted to bal­ance
the athletic budget in the
early 1980s by recommending to
the Board of T r u s t e e s t o a x e t ne
deficit-plagued football pro­gram.
The committee, however,
reportedly received pressure to
save football and eliminate six
other varsity sports. Those
sports included golf, men's and
women's tennis, field hockey,
baseball and wrestling. The
revised proposal was approved
by the Board of Trustees later
that year.
The athletic department
became the object of a state audit
earlier this year that revealed
"routine" deficit spending.
Department officials say they
expect the deficit to be paid
before next year.
"We intend to pay (the budget
deficit) off through gate
receipts/' said Athletic Director
Boyde Long.
The Athletic program is bud­geted
through student funding
and is intended to be non-profit,
Long said. Football and basket­ball
are the only sports in West­ern's
athletic program that have
gate receipts. Long said football
attendance was good this year
and the budget deficit is not a
serious problem.
Watching the sunset
At end of year
CPE won't exist
Toddlers need space;
Fairhaven lounge eyed
By Jackie Soler
Wanted: Temporary space for
the infants and toddlers in the
special education department's
developmental disability pro­gram
at Western.
Possible location: The main
lounge of Stack 12 in Fairhaven
residence hall.
At the Committee on Housing
and Dining meeting Wednesday,
Stephanie Kozick, faculty
member from the Educational
Curriculum and Instruction
office, requested use of the main
lounge in Fairhaven's Stack 12
for the special education infant
and toddler practicum program
until a better location can be
found. The infant care has been
in Parks Hall 32 since the pro­gram
began in September.
"The space we have now is
inadequate," Kozick told the
committee. She said advantages
of the Fairhaven lounge are more
square footage, running water,
carpet and tile floor space, better
lighting and ventilation.
Handicapped infants and
toddlers come to the center with
parents and are observed by stu­dents
in the class. Kozick said the
lounge would be needed for three
sessions: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and
1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Tues-
• See INFANTS, p. 12
New board will
assume duties
By Diana Warner
The Council for Post-secondary
Education will cease
to exist after Dec. 31.
The council is being "sunset-ted"
and its duties will be taken
over by the newly created Higher
Education Coordinating Board,
on Jan. 1, 1986, said Kate Lyknis
Brown, assistant for public
affairs.
The recommendation for sun-setting
the council came in 1983,
Brown said.
"Sunsetting" is the closing of
an agency by the Washington
Legislature after the agency has
been recommended for dissolu­tion
based on certain questions
such as the effectiveness of the
agency, the need for its services
and its history and present
status.
Originally formed by the
Legislature in 1969, the CPE's
purpose was "to coordinate the
activities of colleges and univer­sities
in the state of Washing­ton,"
Brown said.
The council also administers
different programs, Brown said,
such as the displaced home-maker
program. It takes $5 from
every Washington marriage
license payment and puts it into
proposals for programs to help
homemakers get back into the
job market.
Brown said the council also
plays financial middleman by
distributing government and
state funds to the post-secondary
institutions.
The Washington Scholar Pro­gram
also is administered by the
council, Brown said. The WSP
selects three outstanding stu­dents
from each district and pro­vides
them with a tuition waiver
for two years and a banquet with
the governor.
The council also has calcu­lated
the percentage students
need to pay of the actual cost of
their education, Brown said.
The council has done many
things since its inception, she
said, including approving many
programs for institutions across
Washington.
"The new HEC Board (will
do) all of the things we (the coun­cil)
do and new things," Brown
said.
The board will be "stronger
than the council because of the
stronger and more specific word­ing
of its statuate. For example,
the board will be able to arbitrate
disputes between and among
institutions. Brown said the
board will be able to handle "turf
wars" such as the one between
Eastern Washington University
and Washington State Univer­sity
over which one should offer
classes in Spokane.
Brown said the board also will
have new language about budget
reviews for institutions, and
guidelines will be sent out to
• See CPE, p. 12
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