Western Front - 2001 November 27

              The Western Front Western Washington University Volume 119 Issue 15 Bellingham, Washington
Western ranks No. 1 for liquor law violations
By Amber Blondin
THE WESTERN FRONT
The term "party school" is
rarely associated with Western,
though a recent report released
by the U.S. Department of
Education on university drink­ing,
may change that.
When compared to
Washington's five other four-year
public universities, Western
had the most liquor law viola­tions
last year.
Western reported 630 liquor
law violations out of the total
1,642 reported on the six cam­puses.
Last year Western's stu­dent
population was 11,655
students.
Bellingham Police Department
Lt. Dae Jamison said he attribut­es
the statistic to Western's strict
tolerance policy on underage
drinking.
"I admire Western's adminis­tration
and police department
for being aggressive with writ­ing
citations," Jamison said. "It
helps us out a lot when they are
so conscientious."
Dave Doughty, University
Police assistant chief said most
of the 630 liquor law violations
were reported by the UP and
Western's staff.
"Western has the highest per­centage
of students who live on
Scott Lefeber/ The Western Front
The Bellingham Police Department uses this bus to round up underage partygoers in
order to distribute citations and provide escorts to inebriated citizens.
campus," Doughty said. "These
students live here 24/7, have
staff around at all times and are
mostly underage, so this is a key
factor of why so many citations
are issued on campus."
Doughty said that although
many liquor law citations were
issued on campus last year,
most of the violations occurred
off campus.
"Last year, I had a party that
got broken up and the paddy
wagon bus came and the cops
gave out about 40 MIPs,"
Western junior Angela Wood
said. "The cops were pretty
harsh, and I think they need to
realize college students are
going to party every now and
then and should verbally warn
us instead of issuing MIPs to
everyone."
Western freshman Pasha
Gostev said he agrees with Wood.
"I just got a MP? last night,"
See VIOLATIONS, Page 6
DIC proposes scholarship for
students with drug convictions
Consultants suggest three
changes to college structure
Brendan C. Manning/ The Western Front
The Drug Information Center may host a rave or all-night
dance party to fund a proposed scholarship for students
denied federal financial aid due to prior drug convictions.
By Josh Haupt
THE WESTERN FRONT
Western may soon be home to
a new scholarship aimed at
providing funding for Western
students denied federal finan­cial
aid because of past drug
convictions.
The Drug Information Center
is sponsoring the scholarship,
which is pending approval from
the Associated Students board of
directors at Wednesday's meet­ing
said Brandon Dombrowsky,
DIC coordinator.
The scholarship, if approved,
would be under the control of
the AS board of directors, just
like any other scholarship,
Dombrowsky said.
The scholarship is in direct
opposition to changes made by
Congress earlier this year,
which make it harder for stu­dents
with past drug convic­tions
to receive federal finan­cial
aid.
Questions exist as to
whether the changes are puni­tive
to certain parts of the pop­ulation,
said Pat Fabiano, pro­gram
director for Western's
Prevention and Wellness
Services.
See SCHOLARSHIP, Page 6
By Emily Steel
THE WESTERN FRONT
Western consultants recently
proposed three academic struc­tural
changes for Western to
review.
The structural recommenda­tions
are: to establish two col­leges
stemming from the cur­rent
College of Arts and
Sciences.
These two colleges will be the
existing Huxley College of
Environmental and Natural
Sciences and the College of
Humanities and Social Sciences.
The second consideration is to
create a University College that
would deal with students in
their first or second year at
Western.
Lastly, Western would create
a College of Applied Science and
Technology, including ' five
departments presently in the
College of Arts and Sciences.
Western is currently com­prised
of six academic colleges:
the College of Arts and
Sciences, the College of
Business and Economics,
Fairhaven College, Huxley
College of Environmental
Studies, the College of Fine and
Performing Arts and Woodring
College of Education.
The study, initiated by
Provost Andrew Bodman, asked
consultants to evaluate, the
structure of Western.
According to the study,
Bodman found the study neces­sary
due to the increase in
enrollment and the imbalance in
sizes among current colleges,
among other reasons.
The two consultants,
Chancellor Emeritus John E.
Kerrigan from the University of
Wisconsin-Oshkosh and
President Emeritus John E.
Worthen of Ball State
University visited the campus in
April.
They met with many depart­ment
chairs, as well as each of
the deans from the six colleges
and the majority of the senior
administrators, including
Bodman and President Karen
Morse.
Kerrigan and Worthen also
met with the Academic
Coordinating Council, the
Provost's Council, the
University Planning Council,
the Faculty Senate Executive
Council and the Teaching and
Learning Academy.
They attended an open forum
in which they were accompanied
by 60 faculty and staff.
The consultants also had the
opportunity to talk with some
students and parents.
"The proposals offered might
be workable, but they are large­ly
unimaginative and only pro­vide
slightly more flexible ways
to preserve the static aspects of
the status quo," Fairhaven pro­fessor
Dan Larner stated in a
summary regarding the pro­posed
recommendations and
See COLLEGES, Page 6
Drunken student
assaults women
in Mathes Hall
By Jon Walsh
THE WESTERN FRONT
A violent struggle began after
University Police were called to
Mathes Hall when a male fresh­man
went into the dorm room of
two 18-year-old freshman
-females and caused approximate­ly
$360 in damage, including
throwing their stereo through
the window.
"The student definitely had
alcohol in his system, and there is
also the suspicion that he had
taken mushrooms," said Dave
Doughty, UP assistant chief.
Doughty said the male stu­dent
had wandered down from
his floor to the girls' floor on
Nov. 15, and he entered their
unlocked room and crawled into
bed with one of the females.
When both the girls awoke,
they tried to get him to leave the
room, but he refused.
He then hit one of the girls in
the shoulder, and the two of
them ran out of the room to
notify police.
At that time, the student
caused more damage before he
left the room.
It was toward the end of
Greencoat Doug Boling's shift
when he got the call.
"When we got the call, anoth­er
officer and I responded, and
we were the first to arrive,"
Boling said. "We heard the noise
of someone puking down the
hallway, and when we got to
him, he was lying there in a pair
of shorts, unresponsive."
"After we were able to get him
to come around, he was uncoop­erative
in giving us any infor­mation,"
Boling said.
After Boling and the officer
were able to wake the student,
he became more aggressive,
and a struggle began in the
hallway. •
See ASSAULT, Page 4
IN THIS ISSUE
Cosmo hunk lives
in Bellingham
Nominated by a national
magazine, bartender Chad
Bartlett remains modest
about his newfound fame.
See story, Pages 8-9
Jackson wins 300th
career coaching victory
Western defeated Southern
Colorado University Friday
90-78, giving head coach
Brad Jackson, Western's
all-time leader in coaching'
victories, his 300th win.
See story, Page 10.
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