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• , "in Library
Archives
Festival
of Fish
Ferndale residents come together to pay
tribute to the strong, silver salmon — Page 6.
'Standing on the
edge of the world'
a n d j u m p i n g off
Repelling junkies step over the boundaries
of sanity at Larrabee State Park — Page 17.
Tallying up
the wins
Women's soccer improves to 7-3 with
three straight victories — Page 21.
The Western Front
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY TUESDAY — OCTOBER 4,1994 VOLUME 90, ISSUE 4
Western loses ... Vet services cut
Office to close without more cash
By Michael Ritter
Front reporter
Because of changes in funding,
the Office of Veteran Services
has been asked to shut down.
Randall Hansen, coordinator
of the Office of Veteran Services,
said the office's operating money
was acquired through federal
grants and contracts, but that
money has been used.
Until other means of financing
can be found, Hansen said many
of the services veterans were obtaining
through his office will be
unavailable.
Rodney Dyer, a Western student
and veteran, said something
needs to be done about the services
available to veterans at Western.
"We are the only state-funded
institution, including all 32 community
colleges in Washington
state, that does not have a veterans'
coordinator," Dyer said.
Career and guidance counseling,
vocational rehabilitation,
disability case management and
disabled transitional assistance are
veteran programs which are not
available to veterans at Western
any longer, Dyer said.
"It's unfortunate these services
cannot be provided, considering
that almost 5 percent of
the entire campus population are
veterans collecting educational
benefits," Dyer said.
"This percentage does not
include the rest of the veterans
who do not collect educational
benefits, but who attend Western
and should have these services
See Veterans, page 4
Best profs easier to find under new system
But committee taking search one-step-at-a-time
By Neely Stratton
Staff reporter
An ad-hoc committee reviewing student
evaluations of professors met for the first
time last Thursday to solidify their goals.
The four members who attended the
meeting established a goal of presenting
their recommendations to the Faculty
Senate, the body that created the committee,
prior to winter break.
"We want to focus on one particular
thing each week and arrive at a unified
proposal to make to the Faculty Senate
before the quarter is out," said Russian
Professor Edward Vajda, chair of the
committee.
The purpose of the committee is to
streamline the faculty evaluation process
withoutincreasing financing or hiringmore
staff for the testing center.
The committee also is looking at the
issue of mandatory evaluations for professors
and disclosing the results of evaluations
to chairs, deans and the tenure committee.
Vajdasaidthecommitteehasjustbegun
to discuss the specifics of their goals. They
haven't addressed the issues of mandatory
evaluations and disclosure in detail yet.
Currently, faculty members choose
whether they want to give evaluations to
their classes and then choose which evaluations
they forward to department chairs
and tenure committees.
Tres Gallant, Associated Students
president and a member of the committee,
said one of the biggest issues will concern
the disclosure of the evaluations.
"Essentially, one of our biggest goals is
frequent, mandatory evaluations and as
much disclosure as is reasonably possible
to department chairs, tenure and promotion
committees, and ultimately, to the students,"
Gallant said.
Committee member Zach DH
Robinson, vice-president for academic affairs,
said specific areas will have to be
discussed in greater detail in order to reach
a final consensus in the committee.
"The sticking areas were frequency,
disclosure, means of assessment, and, in
kind of a background sense, expense,"
Robinson said.
Committee members agreed that a more
positive reflection of the staff will help to
improve the standards of teaching.
Norm Lindquist, professor of mathematics
and a committee member, drafted a
memo to the other committee members to
explain his goals on the committee.
Lindquist proposed to help encourage
teachers by providing more awards and
campus-wide recognition for the best each
year.
He suggested increasing the number of
teacher-recognition awards from three to
30 and to allow each professor to become
eligible again every three years. In this
manner, one-fourth of the faculty could
eventually be identified as good teachers.
"The students would be able to easily
identify the best teachers at Western and
the faculty would have an incentive to teach
in a superior manner," Lindquist stated in
the memo.
Western student lends a helping hand In rescue effort
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more at Western, saw the house
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McKenzie said. "I helped the lady
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Hi!
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Western Front - 1994 October 4 |
| Volume and Number | Vol. 90, no. 4 |
| Date Published (machine-readable) | 1994-10-04 |
| Year Published | 1994 |
| Original Publisher | Western Washington University |
| Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
| Editor |
Vanessa Blackburn, editor-in-chief Tedra Meyer, managing editor Pat McCarrell, associate editor/news Joanna Cerar, assistant news editor Dawn Bittner, local politics editor Mara Applebaum, features editor Kavita Makhijani, features editor Richy Boyer, accent editor Jamie Lawson, accent editor Simon Fishler, sports editor Kris Brown, assistant sports editor Michele Anderson, opinions editor Jason Overstreet, copy editor Hilary Parker, copy editor Nicole Simpson, copy editor Dan McLeod, photo editor Wendy Gross, graphics editor |
| Staff |
Jason Kelly, political cartoonist Erik Petterson, illustrator Krista Wilson, publications manager Stephanie Friesen, graphics Kris Haff, graphics Teari Brown, business manager Reporters : Kris Alexander Kevin Blondin Dieter Bohrman Michael Brennand Helen Buller Ryan Burden Beverly Crichfield Brett Davis Beth Demetrescu Eric Francis Dana Goodwin David Hartnett Nancy Hazzard Jason Hickman Joe Hoggard Amy Howat Tamalene Kearl Heather Kimbrough Kristi Keteley Theresa Lennon Lars Lundberg Gina MacNeill Mike Maddux Paul Manthe Denise Miller Nori Mitsuse Steve Mohundro Melanie Moore Karin Muskopf David Nelson Loc Nguyen Ryan Parker Paul Peterman Rachel Piatt Andrea Pratt R. Nina Ruchirat Michael Ritter Larisa Schweiss Jason Stahl Craig Stephens Mike Stiles Neely Stratton Erik Tesauro Tara Thomas Stephanie Thomson Bill Urlevich Noah Walden Marlese Webb Mike Wewer Colleen Williams Matt Wuscher |
| Photographer |
Loc Nguyen Daniel McLeod Michael Wewer Nina Ruchirat Andrea Pratt Mike Brennand Ryan Burden Nancy Hazzard Dawn Bittner Mark Silverman Amy Howat Jennifer L. Hill |
| Faculty Advisor | Lyle Harris |
| Article Titles | Vet services cut / by Michael Ritter (p.1) -- Best profs easier to find under new system / by Neely Stratton (p.1) -- Buildings wrecked in blaze / by Tara Thomas (p.1) -- Cops box (p.2) -- Western briefs (p.2) -- IHC plans changes, conferences for year / by Neely Stratton (p.2) -- Official announcements (p.2) -- News of the day from near and far (p.3) -- Different kind of fish story / by Nori Mitsuse (p.6) -- Ferndale festival celebrates salmon / by Nori Mitsuse (p.6) -- Grad student wins award for helping trees / by Michael Wewer (p.7) -- Council going for GOLD with recycling efforts / by Beverly Crichfield (p.8) -- Disabled students may get new computer gear / by Marlese Webb (p.9) -- Coffee flowing safely again / by Tara Thomas (p.10) -- Clinton's program offers money for students / by Karen Muskopf (p.11) -- Political conversation rides information superhighway / by Kris Alexander (p.12) -- Western's diversity agenda focuses on ethnicity / by Dieter Bohrmann (p.12) -- Features (p.13) -- Amos concert shows raw brilliance / by Mara Applebaum (p.13) -- Gentle laying of hands on the body / by Colleen Williams (p.13) -- Foundation promotes safety, rewards / by Steve Mohundro (p.14) -- Showroake-We're here to entertain / by Andrea Pratt (p.15) -- Vineyard appeals to passions of palate / by Ryan Burden (p.16) -- House of hope provides simple rewards / by Mike Brennand (p.16-17) -- Reaching new lows with repelling / by Karin Muskopf (p.17) -- Bellingham's bargain basements / by Beverly Crichfield (p.18) -- Woman biker feels need for speed / by Heather Kimbrough (p.19) -- Public reaps benefits from Roader Home / by Tara Thomas (p.20) -- Sports (p.21) -- Vikings hit mid-season in full stride / by Beth Demetrescu (p.21) -- No block party, Stiles given gift of abuse / by Eric Francis (p.22) -- Playpen to penalty box / by Amy Howat (p.24) -- Living off the edge, the natural laxative / by Heather Kimbrough (p.25) -- Op/Ed (p.26) -- Frontline (p.30) -- Classified (p.31) |
| Photographs | Jon Brunaugh (p.1) -- [House fire] (p.1) -- [92 year old Larson Building] (p.4) -- Juanita Jefferson (p.6) -- Steve Walker (p.7) -- Mark Villiott (p.12) -- Larry Estrada (p.12) -- Ashley Graf, Beth Bunch, Tracey Williams, Francino Clark (p.15) -- Robert and Monica Roberts (p.16) -- [Workers pruning vines] (p.16-17) -- Ryan Delange, Todd Rinas (p.16) -- Glen Gordon (p.17) -- Julie Boyd (p.19) -- 91 year-old Roeder Home (p.20) -- Olivia Salvador, Vicki Trunkey (p.21) -- Jason Stiles (p.22) -- A.J. Kelham (p.24) -- [Diving at Whatcom Falls Park] (p.25) -- Lars Lundberg (p.26) -- Amy Howat (p.26) -- Gina MacNeill (p.28) -- Beverly Crichfield (p.29) -- Heather Kimbrough (p.30) -- Helen Buller (p.31) |
| Cartoons | Health care bill down and out for this year / by Jason Kelly (p.27) -- Environmental legislation / by Jason Kelly (p.30) |
| 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 - 1994 October 4 - Page 1 |
| Date Published (machine-readable) | 1994-10-04 |
| Year Published | 1994 |
| 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 | • , "in Library Archives Festival of Fish Ferndale residents come together to pay tribute to the strong, silver salmon — Page 6. 'Standing on the edge of the world' a n d j u m p i n g off Repelling junkies step over the boundaries of sanity at Larrabee State Park — Page 17. Tallying up the wins Women's soccer improves to 7-3 with three straight victories — Page 21. The Western Front WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY TUESDAY — OCTOBER 4,1994 VOLUME 90, ISSUE 4 Western loses ... Vet services cut Office to close without more cash By Michael Ritter Front reporter Because of changes in funding, the Office of Veteran Services has been asked to shut down. Randall Hansen, coordinator of the Office of Veteran Services, said the office's operating money was acquired through federal grants and contracts, but that money has been used. Until other means of financing can be found, Hansen said many of the services veterans were obtaining through his office will be unavailable. Rodney Dyer, a Western student and veteran, said something needs to be done about the services available to veterans at Western. "We are the only state-funded institution, including all 32 community colleges in Washington state, that does not have a veterans' coordinator," Dyer said. Career and guidance counseling, vocational rehabilitation, disability case management and disabled transitional assistance are veteran programs which are not available to veterans at Western any longer, Dyer said. "It's unfortunate these services cannot be provided, considering that almost 5 percent of the entire campus population are veterans collecting educational benefits," Dyer said. "This percentage does not include the rest of the veterans who do not collect educational benefits, but who attend Western and should have these services See Veterans, page 4 Best profs easier to find under new system But committee taking search one-step-at-a-time By Neely Stratton Staff reporter An ad-hoc committee reviewing student evaluations of professors met for the first time last Thursday to solidify their goals. The four members who attended the meeting established a goal of presenting their recommendations to the Faculty Senate, the body that created the committee, prior to winter break. "We want to focus on one particular thing each week and arrive at a unified proposal to make to the Faculty Senate before the quarter is out," said Russian Professor Edward Vajda, chair of the committee. The purpose of the committee is to streamline the faculty evaluation process withoutincreasing financing or hiringmore staff for the testing center. The committee also is looking at the issue of mandatory evaluations for professors and disclosing the results of evaluations to chairs, deans and the tenure committee. Vajdasaidthecommitteehasjustbegun to discuss the specifics of their goals. They haven't addressed the issues of mandatory evaluations and disclosure in detail yet. Currently, faculty members choose whether they want to give evaluations to their classes and then choose which evaluations they forward to department chairs and tenure committees. Tres Gallant, Associated Students president and a member of the committee, said one of the biggest issues will concern the disclosure of the evaluations. "Essentially, one of our biggest goals is frequent, mandatory evaluations and as much disclosure as is reasonably possible to department chairs, tenure and promotion committees, and ultimately, to the students," Gallant said. Committee member Zach DH Robinson, vice-president for academic affairs, said specific areas will have to be discussed in greater detail in order to reach a final consensus in the committee. "The sticking areas were frequency, disclosure, means of assessment, and, in kind of a background sense, expense," Robinson said. Committee members agreed that a more positive reflection of the staff will help to improve the standards of teaching. Norm Lindquist, professor of mathematics and a committee member, drafted a memo to the other committee members to explain his goals on the committee. Lindquist proposed to help encourage teachers by providing more awards and campus-wide recognition for the best each year. He suggested increasing the number of teacher-recognition awards from three to 30 and to allow each professor to become eligible again every three years. In this manner, one-fourth of the faculty could eventually be identified as good teachers. "The students would be able to easily identify the best teachers at Western and the faculty would have an incentive to teach in a superior manner," Lindquist stated in the memo. Western student lends a helping hand In rescue effort ii^iBssiiiiilMiMliii more at Western, saw the house IBlliilBBBi^^iiiBiH McKenzie said. "I helped the lady ilSiiBSrtSBfti^^SiiliBI lllllp||Bijj|^^^|jjlJi down. The stairs were pretty steep iiSBiiiii^HS^B^MiB get down, especially the man with Hi! |
| Language | English |
| Language Code | Eng |
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