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THE WESTERN FRONT TUESDAY WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 4,2005 An independent student newspaper serving the campus community since 1970. ISSUE 5, VOLUME 135 'I'm very lucky because a lot of people couldn 't afford to get out. What do you do if you have nowhere to go?' ADAM WILLIAMS Western transfer student IN SEARCH OF SHELTER Loyola University New Orleans sophomore Adam Williams finds safety from Katrina at Western TAYLOR WILLIAMS / THE WESTERN FRONT Adam Williams, a sophomore at Loyola University New Orleans, will finish the year here. BY CIARA O' ROURKE The Western Front Western transfer student and Seattle native Adam Williams, 20, was at his house in the Garden District of New Orleans for less than 48 hours before he and four friends were on the road to Houston. "I got there Friday; we left Saturday; the hurricane hit Monday," Williams said. A sophomore at Loyola University New Orleans, Williams and his friends were living in a house in uptown New Orleans near the university. The day Williams moved into his house, Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanca declared a state of emergency for Louisiana. "I woke up Saturday morning . and people were starting to talk," Williams said. "I hadn't even unpacked yet; I just threw my stuffinthecar." A SURVIVOR'S STORY This article is part of a series about students displaced by Hurricane Katrina who are attending Western. Saturday evening, Williams and his four housemates drove 13 hours to a hotel in Houston. Last September, Williams had a similar experience with Hurricane Ivan. Officials evacuated New Orleans and Williams returnedhome to Seattle for a week. The hurricane did not harm the city and Williams returned to school. "We thought it was going to be like that again," he said about fleeing Katrina. With only his clothes and computer, Williams expected to hang out in Houston before going back to school a few days later. "Getting out of the city was OK," he said. "But once you got see KATRINA, page 6 New legislation protects mailorder spouses BY JACOB BUCKENMEYER The Western Front The federal government may soon be able to monitor American men who are seeking foreign wives through mail-order-bride organizations due to a bill from U.S. Representative Rick Larsen, D-Wash., said Abbey Levenshus, Larsen's director of communications. Larsen's bill, the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act, passed the House of Representatives Wednesday and will go before the Senate, where Levenshus said she expects it to pass and become law by the end of the year. This is the first piece of federal legislation passed to regulate organizations that traffic mailorder brides, she said. "Largely, the marriage brokers hold all the cards," Levenshus said. "The women have no way of knowing who these men are — only what the men tell them." see BILL, page 6 Recreation center on track In year three of 30-year payment plan, center copes with rising operating costs BY SUSAN ROSENBERRY The Western Front Although the Wade King Student Recreation Center is on track with paying off the debts it accumulated with its construction in 2003, students have had to shoulder a greater portion of the burden than originally expected. The rec center cost Western and its students $18.2 million in initial costs for construction and operation, including all of the fitness and entertainment equipment, rec center director Marie Sather said. While the costs may seem outrageous, 82 percent of students visit the facility three to four times a week, rec center business manager Mayra Vazquez said. "To get an idea, the facility accumulated 411,000 visits just last year, not counting rentals or group activities," Vazquez said. WESTERN'S HORIZONS This article is part of a series looking at Western's growth and its ever-expanding goals for developing the university. While the center is on schedule to pay off its debt, its staff constantly is battling unnecessary costs, Vazquez. "It's a sensitive issue, especially with payroll," Vazquez said. "We want to promote jobs for students at Western since this facility is built for them, while we still have to be frugal about everything we buy and do — to only expend what we have to spend." But certain expenditures, such as money for maintenance operations, are necessary to sustain quality equipment, Sather. said. "There are millions of miles on the machines so we have to have some kind of a plan to keep the equipment see HORIZONS, page 4 TAYLOR WILLIAMS / THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Justin Allyne belays Western freshman Nathan Furst-Nichols on one of the rec center's climbing walls. ALUMNA TURNS 100 Western graduate celebrates her birthday with five generations of her family FEATURES, PAGE 9 FOOTBALL RUNS Western used 233 rushing yards to defeat Humboldt State 21-16 Saturday SPORTS, PAGE 10 PSEUDO-FRIENDS A rash of online programs and Web sites are limiting actual friendships in society OPINIONS, PAGE 14 WEATHER Wednesday: Cloudy Hi:58Low: 41 Thursday: Rainy Hi: 58 Low: 44 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ S ^ ^ ^ ^ S www.westernfrontonline.com mmmHmfflmUfflHfflmHm
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Rating | |
Title | Western Front - 2005 October 4 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 135, no. 5 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 2005-10-04 |
Year Published | 2005 |
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 |
Zoe Fraley, editor in chief Brittany Greenfield, managing editor Molly Jensen, head copy editor Stefani Harrey, copy editor Jessica Dignan, copy editor Taylor Williams, photo editor Lauren Allain, news editor Peter Jensen, news editor Adriana Dunn, accent editor Blair Wilson, features editor Devin Smart, sports editor Bradley Thayer, opinions editor Eric Sanford, online editor |
Staff |
Jared Joakum, staff photographer Terrence Nowicki, cartoonist Susan Rosenberry, cartoonist Alethea Macomber, business manager Joel Hall, advertising manager Tiffany Sheakley, community liaison Reporters : Mary Andom Laura Belzer Tali Bendzak Nichole Boechler Jacob Buckenmeyer Dawn Chesbro Michael Coffman Jennifer Crowley Michael Curtiss Taurean Davis Shannon Deveny Kirsten DuBois Samantha Everts Matthew Gagne Daniel Grohl Krista Grunhurd Amy Harder Tess Hembree Lance Henderson Graigre Hill Deanna Holmquist Tyler Huey Andrew Irvine John Karabias Mariko Kariya Thomas King Zach Kyle Kendra Langston Jacqueline LeCuyer Brian Lenzmeier Kyra Low Michael Lycklama Peter Maclean Kristin Marson Justin Morrow Megan Muldary Kimberly Oakley Ciara O'Rourke Shannon Proulx Susan Prussack Samantha Roberts Susan Rosenberry Beckie Rosillo Lorean Serko Loren Shane Lea Shawn Andrew Sleighter Melanie Valm Julia Waggoner Shawna Walls Kristina Weis Jennifer Whitford David Wilhite |
Photographer |
Taylor Williams Kristen Marson Amy Harder |
Faculty Advisor | John Harris |
Article Titles | In search of shelter / by Ciara O'Rourke (p.1) -- New legislation protects mail-order spouses / by Jacob Buckenmeyer (p.1) -- Recreation center on track / by Susan Rosenberry (p.1) -- Cops box (p.2) -- AP Wire news briefs (p.2) -- Official announcements (p.2) -- Kozol lambastes school re-segregation / by Tali Bendzak (p.3) -- Features (p.7) -- Strolling through memories / by Julie Waggoner (p.8) -- Celebrating 100 years / by Shannon Proulx (p.9) -- Sports (p.10) -- Western runs over Humboldt State / by Kristen Marson (p.10) -- Western's club hockey team splits pair of games / by Amy Harder (p.11) -- Volleyball wins two matches, loses key player / by Andrew Sleighter (p.12) -- Opinions (p.13) -- Frontline (p.14) -- Letter to the editor (p.15) -- Classifieds (p.15) |
Photographs | Adam Williams (p.1) -- Justin Allyne (p.1) -- Caitlin Steele (p.2) -- Danielle Shaw (p.2) -- Lane Brinson (p.2) -- Jonathan Kozol (p.3) -- Whitney Persch (p.4) -- Adam Williams with Art Neville / courtesy of Judd Nielson (p.6) -- [Memory Walk] (p.8) -- Roberta Murray Bowden and Mark Holland, 1949 / courtesy of Special Collections (p.8) -- Genevieve Gannon (p.9) -- Linda Hartong (p.9) -- Jeffrey Anderson (p.9) -- Jake Carlyle (p.10) -- [Western's hockey team] (p.11) -- [Western's volleyball team] (p.12) - George Booker (p.12) -- Melanie Valm (p.13) -- Shannon Proulx (p.13) -- Kimberly Oakley (p.15) |
Cartoons | [Students sitting at computers] (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 | 45 x 29 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 | Page 1 |
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 | THE WESTERN FRONT TUESDAY WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 4,2005 An independent student newspaper serving the campus community since 1970. ISSUE 5, VOLUME 135 'I'm very lucky because a lot of people couldn 't afford to get out. What do you do if you have nowhere to go?' ADAM WILLIAMS Western transfer student IN SEARCH OF SHELTER Loyola University New Orleans sophomore Adam Williams finds safety from Katrina at Western TAYLOR WILLIAMS / THE WESTERN FRONT Adam Williams, a sophomore at Loyola University New Orleans, will finish the year here. BY CIARA O' ROURKE The Western Front Western transfer student and Seattle native Adam Williams, 20, was at his house in the Garden District of New Orleans for less than 48 hours before he and four friends were on the road to Houston. "I got there Friday; we left Saturday; the hurricane hit Monday," Williams said. A sophomore at Loyola University New Orleans, Williams and his friends were living in a house in uptown New Orleans near the university. The day Williams moved into his house, Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanca declared a state of emergency for Louisiana. "I woke up Saturday morning . and people were starting to talk," Williams said. "I hadn't even unpacked yet; I just threw my stuffinthecar." A SURVIVOR'S STORY This article is part of a series about students displaced by Hurricane Katrina who are attending Western. Saturday evening, Williams and his four housemates drove 13 hours to a hotel in Houston. Last September, Williams had a similar experience with Hurricane Ivan. Officials evacuated New Orleans and Williams returnedhome to Seattle for a week. The hurricane did not harm the city and Williams returned to school. "We thought it was going to be like that again," he said about fleeing Katrina. With only his clothes and computer, Williams expected to hang out in Houston before going back to school a few days later. "Getting out of the city was OK," he said. "But once you got see KATRINA, page 6 New legislation protects mailorder spouses BY JACOB BUCKENMEYER The Western Front The federal government may soon be able to monitor American men who are seeking foreign wives through mail-order-bride organizations due to a bill from U.S. Representative Rick Larsen, D-Wash., said Abbey Levenshus, Larsen's director of communications. Larsen's bill, the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act, passed the House of Representatives Wednesday and will go before the Senate, where Levenshus said she expects it to pass and become law by the end of the year. This is the first piece of federal legislation passed to regulate organizations that traffic mailorder brides, she said. "Largely, the marriage brokers hold all the cards," Levenshus said. "The women have no way of knowing who these men are — only what the men tell them." see BILL, page 6 Recreation center on track In year three of 30-year payment plan, center copes with rising operating costs BY SUSAN ROSENBERRY The Western Front Although the Wade King Student Recreation Center is on track with paying off the debts it accumulated with its construction in 2003, students have had to shoulder a greater portion of the burden than originally expected. The rec center cost Western and its students $18.2 million in initial costs for construction and operation, including all of the fitness and entertainment equipment, rec center director Marie Sather said. While the costs may seem outrageous, 82 percent of students visit the facility three to four times a week, rec center business manager Mayra Vazquez said. "To get an idea, the facility accumulated 411,000 visits just last year, not counting rentals or group activities," Vazquez said. WESTERN'S HORIZONS This article is part of a series looking at Western's growth and its ever-expanding goals for developing the university. While the center is on schedule to pay off its debt, its staff constantly is battling unnecessary costs, Vazquez. "It's a sensitive issue, especially with payroll," Vazquez said. "We want to promote jobs for students at Western since this facility is built for them, while we still have to be frugal about everything we buy and do — to only expend what we have to spend." But certain expenditures, such as money for maintenance operations, are necessary to sustain quality equipment, Sather. said. "There are millions of miles on the machines so we have to have some kind of a plan to keep the equipment see HORIZONS, page 4 TAYLOR WILLIAMS / THE WESTERN FRONT Western senior Justin Allyne belays Western freshman Nathan Furst-Nichols on one of the rec center's climbing walls. ALUMNA TURNS 100 Western graduate celebrates her birthday with five generations of her family FEATURES, PAGE 9 FOOTBALL RUNS Western used 233 rushing yards to defeat Humboldt State 21-16 Saturday SPORTS, PAGE 10 PSEUDO-FRIENDS A rash of online programs and Web sites are limiting actual friendships in society OPINIONS, PAGE 14 WEATHER Wednesday: Cloudy Hi:58Low: 41 Thursday: Rainy Hi: 58 Low: 44 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ S ^ ^ ^ ^ S www.westernfrontonline.com mmmHmfflmUfflHfflmHm |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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