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So, you're a WHIMP? Sports, page 12 The future of music Features, page 8 TUESDAY WEATHER Partly cloudy with a chance of showers through Friday. Highs in the 4os. The Western Front January 30,1990/Volume 82, Number 5 Western Washington University please recycle AS program sponsors boycott Coke target of anti-apartheid campaign By Vicki Stevens staff reporter Chad Goller, Associated Students social issues coordinator, organized a week-long boycott of Coca-Cola that started yesterday to stop Coke distribution in South Africa. "Coke contributes money to the apartheid regime in South Africa," Goller said. But Coke said it is no longer directly tied to South Africa. Goller said he hopes to get Coke removed from the college campus, but he is not sure if it is feasible. He said he wants Western officials, including Kay Rich, director of university residences and President Kenneth Mortimer, to look at the possibilities of removing Coke from the campus and substituting a different soft drink. Lucinda Headrick of the American Friends Service Committee in Atlanta, Ga.,—the organization that organized the nationwide boycott— said though Pepsi still has holdings in South Africa, Coke was chosen for the anti-apartheid boycott because it is the most well-known. Pepsi is also sold on Western's campus. Apartheid is the South African policy of oppression and control of 28 million blacks — who have no political representation — by a minority of 4.9 million whites. Apartheid has come under fire from many human rights groups in the last 10 years. Goller claims Coke's 1986 disinvestment plan to remove its interests from South Africa was simply a public relations move to avoid conflict with anti-apartheid groups. He said he hopes to inform Western students of the Coca-Cola company's policies in South Africa. To protest Coke's continued monetary interests in South Africa, Goller wants to encourage a boycott of Coke products to put an economic strain on the company. Dick Montag, a part-owner and manager of the Bellingham Coke bottler and distributor, said the boycott would be ineffective in the goals it is trying to achieve. "If they have a problem with the individual bottler, then that is who they should boycott," he said. "They should go after the bottler in South Africa — not an independent bottler in Bellingham." Montag said because he is an independent bottler, which means he has the franchise rights to buy Coke syrup from the company and distribute Coke in Whatcom County. The only relationship he has with the See Coke on page 4 Teachers campaign for higher salaries lliiiiir; Chili Cookof a mouth full related story on David J. Sienko/The Western Frbnt r during the 7th Annual By Deven Bellingar staff reporter The Washington Education Association (WEA) launched a statewide campaign Jan. 22 entitled "Good teachers can't work for peanuts," aimed at raising public awareness of critical teacher salary issues that are threatening the quality of the state's education system. "Once a national leader in salaries for public school teachers, Washington has been declining dramatically since 1980," WEA President Carla Nuxoll said. "Just 10 years ago, our teachers were the fourth highest paid in the nation. Today, our salaries have fallen to 21st and for the first time ever are below the national average," she said. Lawrence Marrs, dean of the Woodring College of Education, said quite a few teachers have left the public school system for higher paying jobs elsewhere, but there has been more people entering the system in the past four or five years. "Our kids are getting shortchanged when yvc lose experienced teachers to better paying jobs in business or to teaching positions in other states," Nuxoll said. "Washington students should not be forced to settle for an education that falls Runners, bikers, walkers expected in march embarrassingly short of what this state used to offer.". . WEA members are distributing information about education funding issues to citizens across the state and are emphasizing their point by handing out bags of peanuts that note: "Good teachers can't work for peanuts!" The campaign also includes print and broadcast advertisements, posters and other materials that stress the importance of quality compensation for a quality educational system. "If you annualize the salary of teachers (over 12 months), it is comparable to other professions. But I firmly agree that teachers should be paid more," Marrs said. He said there will be an increasing number of teachers needed over the next decade because of retirements. It appears the salary issue has not diminished the amount of teachers entering the profession, he added. "Now is an excellent time to leave Western with an education degree. The majority of our students are finding jobs at one level or another (in education)," Marrs said. Western's education program stresses the intellectual activity of See Rally on page 3 University students plan rally in Olympia By Sue LaPalm staff reporter In an effort to make their voices heard by state legislators in Olympia, concerned students from around the state will participate in Descend Olympia and present their agendas to legislators. Descend Olympia is a chance for students to take an active role in the future of their education by talking directly to legislators, said Pamela Kruse, Western's Washington Student Lobby Chairperson and chairperson of the event. Representatives from the University of Washington, Washington State University, Eastern Washington University, Western and Central Washington univeristies will begin the rally toward Olympia from UW's campus on Thursday with a run from Seattle to Olympia. The runners will carry batons symbolizing their schools' legislative agendas. Runners will run to Fife, where they will spend the night. The next morning bicyclists will finish the trek from Fife to Olympia. Once in Olympia, all of the students will congregate about a half a mile from the Capital Building, and then jog or bicycle to the capital steps. Only about five people are planning to attend from Western, so far. However, more are expected to attend from the other universities to help make an impact in Olympia. Associated Students President Kent Thoelke said the purpose of the yearly event is "impressing to the legislature that the voice of the students is alive and well and needs to be listened to." Western's legislative agenda, sponsored by the Associated Students Board of Directors, includes: supporting a set percentage fee of each students tuition for building fees; a graduate program that would establish two graduate fellowships at regional universities and between four and six at research universities; more student input into how money from their tuition should be used for services and activity fees; financial aid legislation raising the percentage of the amount of appropriations to state financial aid programs; and support from the legislature for minority retention and recruitment programs.
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Rating | |
Title | Western Front - 1990 January 30 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 82, no. 5 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1990-01-30 |
Year Published | 1990 |
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 |
Tim King, Editor Kathy Tucker, Managing editor Mark Hines, News editor Michelle Partridge, Assistant news editor Derek Dujardin, Accent editor Kurt McNett, Assistant Accent editor Deanna Ottavelli, Features editor Charlotte Anderson, Sports editor Matthew W. Campbell, Assistant Sports editor Nicole Bader, Chief Copy editor Julie Anderson, Copy editor Karen Lane Hingston, Copy editor Tim Boyles, Photo editor |
Staff |
Shannon Fowler, Typesetter Samantha Lipoma, Production chief Garth Mix, Illustrator Reporters : Tyler Anderson Doree Rae Armstrong Stephanie Aspelund Matt Baunsgaurd Deven Bellinger Bonny Block Helen Buller Patricia Caiarelli Darryl Carr Tim Cappoen Christine Clark Linda Dahlstrom Marc Duboiski Juliane Fancey Michael Flynn Michael Gladhart Theo Gross Jennifer Hayes Christie Houser Peter Ide Diane Kershner Annette Lakey Sue LaPalm Kristy Lambro Michael Lehnert Leah Linscott Kim McDonald Maria Manliclic Denise Mead Lauri Nicholas Dana Nowicki Janine Parry Michael Radice Bret Rankin Gerald Reilly David Rubert Christima Rustvold Robert Sherry David J. Sienko Vicki Stevens Michael Thomsen Siri Throm Ed Treat Bretha Urness-Straight Erika Williams Julia Wilson |
Faculty Advisor | Tim Pilgrim |
Article Titles | AS program sponsors boycott: Coke target of anti-apartheid campaign / by Vicki Stevens (p.1) -- Teachers campaign for higher salaries / by Deven Bellingar (p.1) -- Runners, bikers, walkers expected in march: university students plan rally in Olympia / by Sue LaPalm (p.1) -- Briefs (p.2) -- Meetings (p.2) -- Cops box (p.2) -- Western Washington University official announcements (p.2) -- Hubbard recalls Salvadoran trauma / by Linda Dahlstrom (p.3) -- Spoonless eating accents chili cook off / by Stephanie Aspelund (p.5) -- Clubs get chance to inform students (p.5) -- Plastic - the material for revolutionary use / by Lauri Nicholas (p.7) -- Eternal passage makes life burdensome / by Mark Hines (p.7) -- Opinions varied about music of the future / by Julie Fancy (p.8) -- The future of Western / by Janine Parry (p.8) -- The new decade brings many changes (p.8) -- Public service careers still important / by Dana Nowicki (p.8) -- Educators seek change / by Michael Flynn (p.9) -- A wide range of area jobs in demand (p.9) -- Vikings conquering district: next CWU / by Michael Flynn (p.11) -- Intramural basketball stats (p.11) -- [Basketball schedules] (p.11) -- Alaskan invasion successful: men begin 3-game stand / by Darryl Carr (p.11) -- Winter riders drink espresso: cyclists turn WHIMPY / by Siri Throm (p.12) -- Simple procedures can help save the environment / by Bretha Urness-Straight (p.13) -- Little theater change expected (p.13) -- Descend Olympia offers chance to affect life (p.14) -- Massachusetts students have guarantee on food (p.14) -- A little bit of Arizona in Red Square: academic immigrant adores swarm / by Theodore Gross (p.14) -- Student mastered the art of borrowing: Christmas-time spending causes debt / by Erika Williams (p.14) -- Cheerleades miss X-mas break game / by Jonathan Sims (p.15) -- Classified (p.15) |
Photographs | JoAnne Gregory gets a mouthful of chili from her blindfolded partner Phil Lester during Chili Cookoff / by David J. Sienko (p.1) -- Brenda Hubbard / by David J. Sienko (p.3) -- Micahel Nestor stirs up chili during cookoff / by David J. Sienko (p.5) -- Dave Koontje works at injection molding machine / by David Rubert (p.7) -- Dave Kroontje runs computer controlling injection molding machine / by David Rubert (p.7) -- Mark Hines (p.7) -- Symbols of music past and present / by David Rubert (p.8) -- Old Main in 1904 (p.8) -- Sky Viewing Sculpture in Red Square / by Gerald J. Reilly (p.9) -- Arntzen Hall / by Gerald J. Reilly (p.10) -- Steve and Sharon Valentine at women's basketball game / by David J. Sienko (p.11) -- Michole Clemans passes to Erica Porter during basketball game against SPU / by David J. Sienko (p.11) -- Theodore Gross (p.14) -- Erika Williams (p.14) |
Cartoons | [No Coca-Cola] / by Garth Mix (p.4) -- [New age apple] / by Garth Mix (p.9) -- Future Western / by Garth Mix (p.9) -- [Mountain biking] / by Garth Mix (p.12) -- [Big Tobacco marketing] / by Kevin Siers (p.14) |
Notes | Headline at top of p.7: The 90s; Stepping into a new age. |
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 - 1990 January 30 - Page 1 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 1990-01-30 |
Year Published | 1990 |
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 | So, you're a WHIMP? Sports, page 12 The future of music Features, page 8 TUESDAY WEATHER Partly cloudy with a chance of showers through Friday. Highs in the 4os. The Western Front January 30,1990/Volume 82, Number 5 Western Washington University please recycle AS program sponsors boycott Coke target of anti-apartheid campaign By Vicki Stevens staff reporter Chad Goller, Associated Students social issues coordinator, organized a week-long boycott of Coca-Cola that started yesterday to stop Coke distribution in South Africa. "Coke contributes money to the apartheid regime in South Africa," Goller said. But Coke said it is no longer directly tied to South Africa. Goller said he hopes to get Coke removed from the college campus, but he is not sure if it is feasible. He said he wants Western officials, including Kay Rich, director of university residences and President Kenneth Mortimer, to look at the possibilities of removing Coke from the campus and substituting a different soft drink. Lucinda Headrick of the American Friends Service Committee in Atlanta, Ga.,—the organization that organized the nationwide boycott— said though Pepsi still has holdings in South Africa, Coke was chosen for the anti-apartheid boycott because it is the most well-known. Pepsi is also sold on Western's campus. Apartheid is the South African policy of oppression and control of 28 million blacks — who have no political representation — by a minority of 4.9 million whites. Apartheid has come under fire from many human rights groups in the last 10 years. Goller claims Coke's 1986 disinvestment plan to remove its interests from South Africa was simply a public relations move to avoid conflict with anti-apartheid groups. He said he hopes to inform Western students of the Coca-Cola company's policies in South Africa. To protest Coke's continued monetary interests in South Africa, Goller wants to encourage a boycott of Coke products to put an economic strain on the company. Dick Montag, a part-owner and manager of the Bellingham Coke bottler and distributor, said the boycott would be ineffective in the goals it is trying to achieve. "If they have a problem with the individual bottler, then that is who they should boycott," he said. "They should go after the bottler in South Africa — not an independent bottler in Bellingham." Montag said because he is an independent bottler, which means he has the franchise rights to buy Coke syrup from the company and distribute Coke in Whatcom County. The only relationship he has with the See Coke on page 4 Teachers campaign for higher salaries lliiiiir; Chili Cookof a mouth full related story on David J. Sienko/The Western Frbnt r during the 7th Annual By Deven Bellingar staff reporter The Washington Education Association (WEA) launched a statewide campaign Jan. 22 entitled "Good teachers can't work for peanuts," aimed at raising public awareness of critical teacher salary issues that are threatening the quality of the state's education system. "Once a national leader in salaries for public school teachers, Washington has been declining dramatically since 1980," WEA President Carla Nuxoll said. "Just 10 years ago, our teachers were the fourth highest paid in the nation. Today, our salaries have fallen to 21st and for the first time ever are below the national average," she said. Lawrence Marrs, dean of the Woodring College of Education, said quite a few teachers have left the public school system for higher paying jobs elsewhere, but there has been more people entering the system in the past four or five years. "Our kids are getting shortchanged when yvc lose experienced teachers to better paying jobs in business or to teaching positions in other states," Nuxoll said. "Washington students should not be forced to settle for an education that falls Runners, bikers, walkers expected in march embarrassingly short of what this state used to offer.". . WEA members are distributing information about education funding issues to citizens across the state and are emphasizing their point by handing out bags of peanuts that note: "Good teachers can't work for peanuts!" The campaign also includes print and broadcast advertisements, posters and other materials that stress the importance of quality compensation for a quality educational system. "If you annualize the salary of teachers (over 12 months), it is comparable to other professions. But I firmly agree that teachers should be paid more," Marrs said. He said there will be an increasing number of teachers needed over the next decade because of retirements. It appears the salary issue has not diminished the amount of teachers entering the profession, he added. "Now is an excellent time to leave Western with an education degree. The majority of our students are finding jobs at one level or another (in education)," Marrs said. Western's education program stresses the intellectual activity of See Rally on page 3 University students plan rally in Olympia By Sue LaPalm staff reporter In an effort to make their voices heard by state legislators in Olympia, concerned students from around the state will participate in Descend Olympia and present their agendas to legislators. Descend Olympia is a chance for students to take an active role in the future of their education by talking directly to legislators, said Pamela Kruse, Western's Washington Student Lobby Chairperson and chairperson of the event. Representatives from the University of Washington, Washington State University, Eastern Washington University, Western and Central Washington univeristies will begin the rally toward Olympia from UW's campus on Thursday with a run from Seattle to Olympia. The runners will carry batons symbolizing their schools' legislative agendas. Runners will run to Fife, where they will spend the night. The next morning bicyclists will finish the trek from Fife to Olympia. Once in Olympia, all of the students will congregate about a half a mile from the Capital Building, and then jog or bicycle to the capital steps. Only about five people are planning to attend from Western, so far. However, more are expected to attend from the other universities to help make an impact in Olympia. Associated Students President Kent Thoelke said the purpose of the yearly event is "impressing to the legislature that the voice of the students is alive and well and needs to be listened to." Western's legislative agenda, sponsored by the Associated Students Board of Directors, includes: supporting a set percentage fee of each students tuition for building fees; a graduate program that would establish two graduate fellowships at regional universities and between four and six at research universities; more student input into how money from their tuition should be used for services and activity fees; financial aid legislation raising the percentage of the amount of appropriations to state financial aid programs; and support from the legislature for minority retention and recruitment programs. |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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