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Profs revive college campaign Stones fans get their Satisfaction page page 15 Soaps, series cause TV feud page 18 The Western Front WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Staff members given cut notice VOL. 73, NO. 46 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1981 By LLOYD PRITCHETT Gov. John Spellman's budget knife drew more blood today at Western as 76 staff members officially were notified they will lose their jobs this academic year, and 67 more were informed their hours will be reduced. The staff layoffs and pay cuts, part of an effort to reduce university spending by 10.1 percent, are expected to save Western about $2.3 million in salaries for the remainder of the 1981-83 biennium, Executive Vice President James Talbot said yesterday. Altogether, Western must slash spending by $7 million to comply with the governor's budget-cutting order. The cuts and layoffs^ slated to begin by Dec. 11, will affect nearly one-quarter of Western's full-time and part-time staff employees, who perform functions ranging from secretarial and laboratory work to grounds keeping and maintenance. Included in the staff reductions are five administrative positions to be eliminated — one in the affirmative action office and twereach. in student affairs and the Bridge Project, Talbot said. The staff cuts are expected to cause drastic reductions in services to faculty, students and administrators. Among them: — Wilson Library could be closed on weekends, possibly as early as January. — Test-typi ng services for faculty will be reduced or eliminated. — Huge cuts will be implemented in the educational media program, including elimination of Western's television production program. — Counseling'services will be cut back during summer session. — Health and job placement services for students will be reduced all year. Supervisors were authorized today to notify those employees who will lose their jobs or whose hours will be reduced. Written notifications will be delivered later, Talbot said. In the instructional area alone, seven staff members will lose their jobs and 52 more will work on a reduced schedule, he said, adding employees' hours will be cut primarily by decreasing the number of months per year each works. To accomplish the instructional v0ij!^flYe^aff'mewbiEfs^rt-4he.Gpl-v lege of Arts and Sciences will be laid off, along with one each in the School of Education and Fairhaven College. continued on page two SORE meets today Students Opposed to Reduction in Education (SORE) will have its first rally at 2 p.m. today in the Performing Arts Center. The organization was designed to inform students about budget cuts and to consolidate students, faculty, staff, administration and community in fighting the cuts. Eugene Hogan of the political science department will open the rally with a speech on the future of higher education and its relationship with the national economy, Associated Students President Greg Sobel said. John Rothwell of the speech department will discuss the cut's effect on faculty and how faculty and students can work together in protest, Sobel said. "The overall focus is informing students on how devastating the cut's effects will be," Sobel said. Casey Madison The full moon rises over a placid Red Square, belying the budget cut turmoil gripping Western. See stories on pages two and three. Swift blames state for budget crisis "Pure stupidity" in assuming cuts in federal funding would not occur has caused Washington's budget problems, Congressman Al Swift (D-2nd. District) told a Western political science class last week. ' Addressing a class about state and local government, Swift said President Ronald Reagan's proposal to shift funding responsibility from federal to state governments was needed but could not be implemented without comprehensive planning. "Reagan says the federal government is too large and bureaucratic and does not understand the different needs of particular areas. He claims local government could do a much better job," Swift said. "The fact is that there is nothing more bureaucratic or less responsive than local government, and anyone who has been to a local courthouse on business would probably agree." Swift said Reagan cut federal support for certain programs, expecting state and local governments to replace the slashed funding by raising taxes. But that has not yet happened. Swift said he was unsure of the outcome of the state's special legislative session scheduled to begin Nov. 9. "I don't know exactly what will happen, but 1 expect some sort of surtax, or sales tax will be imposed," he said. "Surprisingly, ih such a conservative state as Washington, attitude towards a state income tax is becoming favorable, but 1 doubt one will be implemented this November." He added the state is to blame for current budget woes. "A major reason for the severe budget' problem we're now facing is that for some reason tne state assumed there would be no cuts in federal"funding in most areas. This was pure stupidity — they should have known. The problem is compounded because the economy has gone to hell." ; Swift advocated introduction of a block grant program — federal, funds given to states to choose where to spend it — but added each state government must make 7 don't know exactly what will happen, but I expect some sort of surtax or sales tax.' changes in its structure and regulations first. He added that many state regulations are more complicated than their federal counterparts, and could hinder the distribution of funds. And, if a block grant program was instituted, state governments would have to make decisions soon. "Reagan's experience is with a sophisticated state government like California's which could easily adapt. Ours can't," he said. Swift also discussed defense spending and the draft. "We need to increase defense spending, but not by $1.6 trillion dollars over the next biennium," he said. He added he opposed the sale of A WACs to Saudi Arabia because "as weak and subject to internal problems as most countries in the Mid East are, they should not be sold sophisticated weapons which could fall into the wrong hands." Reinstitution of the draft "would not help" the military get better soldiers, Swift said. He said the problem the military faces is not the lack of trained soldiers, but its inability to retain trained people. "The draft would not help since you cannot conscript people for 20 years," he added.
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Title | Western Front - 1981 October 16 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 73, no. 46 |
Date Published (User-Friendly) | October 16, 1981 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1981-10-16 |
Year Published | 1981 |
Decades |
1980-1989 |
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 | Jim Segaar, Editor, Lloyd Pritchett, Managing editor, Abby Haight, News editor, Mark Carlson, Feature editor, Terry Sell, Opinion editor, Jenny Blecha, Photo editor, Connie Compton, Arts editor, Laurie Donaldson, Sports editor, Mike Judd, Head Copy editor, Mick Boroughs, Copy editor, Dale Folkerts, Copy editor, Ben Verkerk, Copy editor, James Woods, Assistant photo editor |
Staff | Mike Brotherton, Production manager, Dave Mason, Production manager, Mike Deeb, Artist, Masaru Fujimoto, Artist, Patrick Herndon, Business manager, Steve Sparkman, Advertising manager |
Photographer | Jenny Blecha, James Woods, Casey Madison |
Faculty Advisor | Harris, Lyle |
Article Titles | Staff members given cut notice / by Lloyd Pritchett (p.1) -- SORE meets today (p.1) -- Swift blames state for budget crisis (p.1) -- Senate discusses lay-off alternatives / by Abby Haight (p.2) -- It's not a bike rack, it's art (p.2) -- AS plan castigates cutbacks / by Abby Haight (p.2) -- Cut rumor denied (p.2) -- Teacher union revives save our colleges / by Mark Carlson (p.3) -- Critics attack legal aid plan / by Dale Folkerts (p.3) -- Evergreen transfer worries students (p.3) -- Rocks wander (p.3) -- Opinion (p.4) -- Letters (p.5) -- Letter to home (p.5) -- Viking V zips at national trials (p.6) -- 96 face culture shock / by Masaru Fujimoto, Susan Parrish (p.6) -- Bus rides to up a nickel / by Mitch Evich (p.7) -- Tower to be built on Sehome Hill (p.7) -- Radke plays to wake up students / by John L. Smith (p.8) -- Westerners first to study in Mongolia / by Masaru Fujimoto (p.9) -- Dillard: the life of a young author / by Jackleen Asmussen (p.10) -- Quickly (p.11) -- Physical plant mowed down (p.11) -- Weight group gets positive (p.11) -- Arts & entertainment (p.12) -- Ballet troupe serves delicious drama, romance and comedy / by Connie Compton (p.12) -- Raucous Rev. Chumleigh preaches art, diversity / by Terry M. Sell (p.14) -- Diversions (p.14) -- Tolkien's 'Hobbit' airs on KUGS-FM tonight (p.14) -- 72,000 pack Dome for Stones, Satisfaction comes to Seattle / by Mark Turner (p.15) -- Illusionist lifts spirits (p.15) -- Sports (p.16) -- Women pumping iron along with the boys / by Heidi Fedore (p.16) -- Road loss stalls women spikers / by Gary Lindberg (p.16) -- Royals devour inexperienced Viks 6-3 / by Alan Minato (p.16) -- Trick pass play defeats Vikings / by Mitch Evich (p.17) -- Sportabouts (p.17) -- Create your adventure / by Marc Heberden (p.17) -- Official announcements (p.17) -- Kickers beat alums / by Joe Tucker (p.18) -- On the move (p.18) -- Classifieds (p.18) |
Photographs | [Full moon rises over a placid Red Square] (p.1) -- [Bicycle locked to black triangle] (p.2) -- August Radke (p.8) -- Annie Dillard (p.10) -- Daniel Schwarz, Alaina Albertson (p.12) -- George Balanchine, Deborah Hadley, Jory Hancock (p.13) -- Kabby Mitchell (p.13) -- Adam Miller, Victoria Pulkkinen (p.13) -- Reverend Chumleigh plays fiddle (p.14) -- Craig Kelly (p.16) -- Hockey game (p.16) -- Saul Kinderis (p.17) |
Cartoons | [Legal service for the poor] / Masaru (p.3) -- Financial crisis / Masaru (p.4) |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Related Collection | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261544388 |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Object Type | Text |
Original Format Size | 41 x 29 cm. |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Digital Reproduction Information | Bitone scan from 35 mm silver halide, 1-up negative film at 600 dpi. 2011. |
Identifier | WF_19811016.pdf |
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. |
Format | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
Description
Title | Western Front - 1981 October 16 - Page 1 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 73, no. 46 |
Date Published (User-Friendly) | October 16, 1981 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1981-10-16 |
Year Published | 1981 |
Decades |
1980-1989 |
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 | Jim Segaar, Editor, Lloyd Pritchett, Managing editor, Abby Haight, News editor, Mark Carlson, Feature editor, Terry Sell, Opinion editor, Jenny Blecha, Photo editor, Connie Compton, Arts editor, Laurie Donaldson, Sports editor, Mike Judd, Head Copy editor, Mick Boroughs, Copy editor, Dale Folkerts, Copy editor, Ben Verkerk, Copy editor, James Woods, Assistant photo editor |
Staff | Mike Brotherton, Production manager, Dave Mason, Production manager, Mike Deeb, Artist, Masaru Fujimoto, Artist, Patrick Herndon, Business manager, Steve Sparkman, Advertising manager |
Photographer | Jenny Blecha, James Woods, Casey Madison |
Faculty Advisor | Harris, Lyle |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Related Collection | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261544388 |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Object Type | Text |
Original Format Size | 41 x 29 cm. |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Digital Reproduction Information | Bitone scan from 35 mm silver halide, 1-up negative film at 600 dpi. 2011. |
Identifier | WF_19811016.pdf |
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. |
Format | application/pdf |
Full Text | Profs revive college campaign Stones fans get their Satisfaction page page 15 Soaps, series cause TV feud page 18 The Western Front WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Staff members given cut notice VOL. 73, NO. 46 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1981 By LLOYD PRITCHETT Gov. John Spellman's budget knife drew more blood today at Western as 76 staff members officially were notified they will lose their jobs this academic year, and 67 more were informed their hours will be reduced. The staff layoffs and pay cuts, part of an effort to reduce university spending by 10.1 percent, are expected to save Western about $2.3 million in salaries for the remainder of the 1981-83 biennium, Executive Vice President James Talbot said yesterday. Altogether, Western must slash spending by $7 million to comply with the governor's budget-cutting order. The cuts and layoffs^ slated to begin by Dec. 11, will affect nearly one-quarter of Western's full-time and part-time staff employees, who perform functions ranging from secretarial and laboratory work to grounds keeping and maintenance. Included in the staff reductions are five administrative positions to be eliminated — one in the affirmative action office and twereach. in student affairs and the Bridge Project, Talbot said. The staff cuts are expected to cause drastic reductions in services to faculty, students and administrators. Among them: — Wilson Library could be closed on weekends, possibly as early as January. — Test-typi ng services for faculty will be reduced or eliminated. — Huge cuts will be implemented in the educational media program, including elimination of Western's television production program. — Counseling'services will be cut back during summer session. — Health and job placement services for students will be reduced all year. Supervisors were authorized today to notify those employees who will lose their jobs or whose hours will be reduced. Written notifications will be delivered later, Talbot said. In the instructional area alone, seven staff members will lose their jobs and 52 more will work on a reduced schedule, he said, adding employees' hours will be cut primarily by decreasing the number of months per year each works. To accomplish the instructional v0ij!^flYe^aff'mewbiEfs^rt-4he.Gpl-v lege of Arts and Sciences will be laid off, along with one each in the School of Education and Fairhaven College. continued on page two SORE meets today Students Opposed to Reduction in Education (SORE) will have its first rally at 2 p.m. today in the Performing Arts Center. The organization was designed to inform students about budget cuts and to consolidate students, faculty, staff, administration and community in fighting the cuts. Eugene Hogan of the political science department will open the rally with a speech on the future of higher education and its relationship with the national economy, Associated Students President Greg Sobel said. John Rothwell of the speech department will discuss the cut's effect on faculty and how faculty and students can work together in protest, Sobel said. "The overall focus is informing students on how devastating the cut's effects will be," Sobel said. Casey Madison The full moon rises over a placid Red Square, belying the budget cut turmoil gripping Western. See stories on pages two and three. Swift blames state for budget crisis "Pure stupidity" in assuming cuts in federal funding would not occur has caused Washington's budget problems, Congressman Al Swift (D-2nd. District) told a Western political science class last week. ' Addressing a class about state and local government, Swift said President Ronald Reagan's proposal to shift funding responsibility from federal to state governments was needed but could not be implemented without comprehensive planning. "Reagan says the federal government is too large and bureaucratic and does not understand the different needs of particular areas. He claims local government could do a much better job," Swift said. "The fact is that there is nothing more bureaucratic or less responsive than local government, and anyone who has been to a local courthouse on business would probably agree." Swift said Reagan cut federal support for certain programs, expecting state and local governments to replace the slashed funding by raising taxes. But that has not yet happened. Swift said he was unsure of the outcome of the state's special legislative session scheduled to begin Nov. 9. "I don't know exactly what will happen, but 1 expect some sort of surtax, or sales tax will be imposed," he said. "Surprisingly, ih such a conservative state as Washington, attitude towards a state income tax is becoming favorable, but 1 doubt one will be implemented this November." He added the state is to blame for current budget woes. "A major reason for the severe budget' problem we're now facing is that for some reason tne state assumed there would be no cuts in federal"funding in most areas. This was pure stupidity — they should have known. The problem is compounded because the economy has gone to hell." ; Swift advocated introduction of a block grant program — federal, funds given to states to choose where to spend it — but added each state government must make 7 don't know exactly what will happen, but I expect some sort of surtax or sales tax.' changes in its structure and regulations first. He added that many state regulations are more complicated than their federal counterparts, and could hinder the distribution of funds. And, if a block grant program was instituted, state governments would have to make decisions soon. "Reagan's experience is with a sophisticated state government like California's which could easily adapt. Ours can't," he said. Swift also discussed defense spending and the draft. "We need to increase defense spending, but not by $1.6 trillion dollars over the next biennium," he said. He added he opposed the sale of A WACs to Saudi Arabia because "as weak and subject to internal problems as most countries in the Mid East are, they should not be sold sophisticated weapons which could fall into the wrong hands." Reinstitution of the draft "would not help" the military get better soldiers, Swift said. He said the problem the military faces is not the lack of trained soldiers, but its inability to retain trained people. "The draft would not help since you cannot conscript people for 20 years," he added. |
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